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Girteen - Port Fairy - Historic Area

Other Name Gurteen Location 113 Griffith Street, PORT FAIRY VIC 3284 - Property No B3220 File Number B3220 Level Local

[1/2] B3220 Girteen [2/2] B3220 Girteen Port Fairy

Statement of Significance

A small pleasantly proportioned stone cottage of the 1850s. Recent additions noted.
Girteen is a modest limestone cottage erected in 1855, possibly for Hooper, a local stonemason. The weatherboard skillion was added in the 1920s.
The cottage is single-storied and stuccoed and symmetrically arranged with a central doorway and windows to either side, all the openings being framed by architraves. The chimneys are features as are the quoins. This modest cottage is typical of the early Georgian style cottges which were erected in Victoria in the 1840s.and 1850s. This cottage is notable for its interior joinery, whilst externally the stucco mouldings are generally of interest.
2010 Note: Cottage in good condition.
Classified: 31/01/1974
Part of Historic Area. Classified: 02/03/1981.