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Glenfine Homestead, Mile Post & Mine Ruins

Location

150 Glenfine Road,, WERNETH VIC 3352 - Property No B3426

File Number

B3426

Level

Local

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B3426 Glenfine Homestead
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B3426 Glenfine Homestead

Statement of Significance

Two-storey mansion of 1873 of bluestone rendered to emphasize quoins, heavy cast-iron ornament and paired columns on verandah and balcony extending around three sides, steeply pitched slate roof with bracketed eaves and attic ventilators and interesting attached conservatory. Architect H R Caselli. The bluestone paving and walling at the rear is noted. Minor internal alterations since 1946 also probably include removal of original rendered decoration to external arch of entrance porch.

Mile Post Statement of Significance: Cast iron mile post originally on roadside at Pitfield.

Mine Ruins Statement of Significance: Ruins of brick buildings with arched openings including one small vaulted chamber possibly former explosives store, adjacent to mullock heaps, the remains of the gold rush to Pitfield in the 1890s.

Classified: 29/08/1974

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