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Lexington

Location Great Western/Moyston Road, MOYSTON VIC 3377 - Property No B1552 File Number B1552 Level State

[1/1] B1552 Lexington Homstead

Statement of Significance

AHC CITATION

Lexington Homestead, is a large brick homestead constructed circa 1851 for pastoralist Horatio Wills to replace an earlier structure of the 1840's. Symmetrical in composition, the single storied house has three windows on either side of the central doorway. The timber framed verandah returns down the longside wings, which enclose a courtyard also with verandah. The hipped roof is clad in iron.The Homestead, is one of the earliest surviving substantial homesteads in Victoria. The house is important for its form and furnishing. Lexington also has historical associations with the early settlement of the district, having been taken up by Wills in 1842. The arrangement of the windows of the principal facade is unusual and the use of courtyard verandahs is notable. The homestead is largely intact and in good condition.
Of State significance.