Outbuildings and ruins

The ruins, outbuilding and stone and brick chimneys at 209 Daniel's Lane, Mia Mia are of local historic, technical and architectural significance for the City of Greater Bendigo.

The stone outbuildings, the half timbered ruins and the stone and brick chimneys at 209 Daniel's Lane, Mia Mia, are historically significant for their association with the Daniels family. The primitive buildings were probably constructed by John Daniels prior to land selection.They are also notable for their long associations with members of the Scrambler family who owned the property for almost forty years, from 1876 until 1913, and with the Moodie family who held it from 1919 until 1952. Criterion A

The stone outbuilding is of architectural significance. Built of local sandstone laid in coursed random rubble, the entrance has a timber lintel doorway but the original roof has been replaced. Criterion D

The half timbered ruins are also of technical significance as rare examples of primitive construction techniques derived from European half timbering methods of shoring up mining trenches and shafts. Built from vertical sapling corner-posts with unsawn horizontal saplings that are infilled with mud, the ruins are important remnants. The ruins are fragile, unprotected and vulnerable to weathering, as are the ruins of the brick, fieldstone and mud mortar chimney fireplaces. Criterion B

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Other - Residential Buildings (private)