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91897

Glenara House & Garden

10 Glenara Drive,, BULLA VIC 3428 - Property No B0046

Large single storey homestead of granite, bluestone and brick encircled by a verandah with delicate timber joinery, built from 1857 for prominent grazier Walter Clark J.P.; architect Albert Purchas; builders Hornby and Pigdon, overlooking gorge of Deep Creek. Garden notable for many years for roses grown by Alister Clark. Stone "folly" on hill included in Classification. House Classified 'Regional': 15/08/1963 Revised: 08/04/1976: File Note 18/06/2012: G13076 ... more

B0046

State
70640

Buda - House & Garden

Buda Historic Home and Garden

42 Hunter & 76 Urquart Streets,, CASTLEMAINE VIC 3450 - Property No B2489

Buda was built in various stages. It is believed that the first section was constructed in 1857 for Col. J Smith, with additions in 1880 and 1890. Symmetrically planned, the single storied house has two projecting bay windowed wings about the central section, which contains the elaborate porch with broken pediment. The elaborate stucco mouldings and clerestory are other features. Buda is a particularly distinctive house architecturally; has historical associations with ... more

B2489

Regional
68613

Beleura House & Garden

42 - 44 Kalimna Drive,, MORNINGTON VIC 3931 - Property No B0012

A fine villa erected by James Butchart c. 1863 with the proceeds of his business enterprises on the gold fields, in a free Anglo-Palladian mode with most elegant colonnaded verandah along the main south-west front, using columns of the composite order; & sun-moulded by a balustraded parapet & urns; though there has been some alteration to the interior and one end of the building it retains its full effect and is set in spacious grounds. House Classified: ... more

B0012

State
70768

Dalvui House & Garden

431 McKinnons Road,, NOORAT VIC 3265 - Property No B2525

A house of 1907 by Ussher & Kemp, closely comparable with their contemporary Dalswraith (now Campion Hall) in Kew, but for a strong diagonal emphasis focussed on a polygonal candle-snuffer roof, and a slightly lower standard of craftsmanship and integrity. Notable features are the panels of vertical tile hanging; the Tudor bay window to the garden, of banked Gothic lights; the stone corbels carrying the jettied upper facade; and above all the picturesque aspect of the house ... more

B2525

Regional
184554

Heronswood House & Garden

105 Latrobe Parade,, DROMANA VIC 3936 - Property No B0048

La Trobe Bateman's only known complete house. This picturesque house is virtually intact apart from minor interior modifications. Each major room is contained in a steeply pitched gable which enhances the Gothic-revival character of the house. The size and disposition of the rooms pre-dates current standards by almost a century. The orginal timber dwelling was incorporated in the main house at a later date. Classified 'Local': 29/10/1959 Revised 'Regional': ... more

B0048

State
70809

The Hermitage House & Garden

Lindt's Hermitage

161 Maroondah Highway,, NARBETHONG VIC 3778 - Property No B2609

House Statement ofsignificance. An example of a private mountain retreat in the Late Boom Style. The complex comprises main building and annexe, studio, smoke room, pool and lych gate. Built in 1894 to the design of its owner, the noted anthropological and social photographer, John William Lindt (1845-1926). At its peak, The Hermitage had 6 separate buildings, including the enormous ground-glass-walled studio with stage. The buildings were set in landscaped gardens with three ... more

B2609

State
184844

Marathon House & Garden

12 Marathon Drive,, MOUNT ELIZA VIC 3930 - Property No B6285

Marathon, the residence erected in 1914 and extended in 1924, the garden presumed to date from c.1914-24, is of National significance; - as one of a small group of summer residences erected in the first decades of the twentieth century and set in extensive grounds along the Peninsula coastline in the Mornington, Sorrento, Portsea and Mount Eliza area, each providing a context for the increasing subdivision around them; - architecturally, as a large summer residence ... more

B6285

National
184562

Belmont House & Garden

643 Main Lead Road, RAGLAN VIC 3373 - Property No B3219

A timber homestead of 1859-1862 with extensions of about 1880-1900 believed to be the work of a Swedish ship's carpenter, who gave them a distinctive decorative character, especially about the gables, verandah and garden gate. The extensions are over large bluestone cellars originally used for the estate winery, and include a drawing room with intact decorative finishes and furnishing. Classified: 03/08/1973 Garden Significance: Belmont, the property developed by ... more

B3219

State
91870

The Briars House & Garden

450 Nepean Highway,, MORNINGTON VIC 3931 - Property No B0017

"The Briars" is of State significance being a fine example of an early pastoral property, with its homestead, garden, farm buildings and related rural lands and having both aesthetic and historic significance. The occupation by the pioneers Captain James Reid (1840-1846) and Alexander Beatson Balcombe (1846-1874) is of particular significance as is the continuing association with the Balcombe family which provided continuity of farming practice and preservation of much of the ... more

B0017

State
71110

Bontharambo House & Garden

387 Boorhaman Road,, WANGARATTA VIC 3677 - Property No B0013

Rev. J. Docker and his family settled at Bontharambo in 1838. The present two storey brick and stone homestead dates from 1858 and was designed by T. Watts. It is dominated by a sixty foot tower and the ground floor is almost encircled by a sinlge storey arcade. The ruins of an earlier homestead are located nearby and several old outbuildings remain. There is also a family graveyard. The skeleton of the extensive landscape grounds, and driveway survive. Bontharambo is indelibly ... more

B0013

State
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