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Kout Norien

Location Harrow-Clear Lake Road,, HARROW VIC 3317 - Property No B0676 File Number B0676 Level State

[1/1] B0676 Kout Norien Harrow

Statement of Significance

Kout Norien on the Glenelg River near Harrow was originally taken up in 1840 as a 400,000 acre pastoral run. Following extensive subdivision by Edward Willis and Charles L Swanston between 1846-52, R B Broughton acquired the surviving Kout Norien run and erected the present Colonial style rectangular plan homestead of brick and stone after 1855, integrating the early stone house of c1848.
Kout Norien was one of the largest of the early pastoral holdings in the colony at Port Phillip and has notable associations, in particular with Captain Charles Swanston, a colonial banker/merchant, and his son-in-law, Edward Willis, and later, with Richard Broughton. The early colonial homestead with distinctive roof form, glazed verandah and Colonial Regency details dates from early times, and with the associated outbuildings, slab hut and slab woolshed, forms an important pastoral station group.
Kout Norien homestead has been sensitively adapted. The slab hut is in a deteriorating condition and the important timber slab woolshed, although dilapidated, is still in use.
Adopted from Heritage Victoria Statement: 27/08/2010
Classified: 06/08/1959