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Name	Detail	File number	Level
Mortlake Steam Flour Mill Chimney Mill Street, MORTLAKE VIC 3272 - Property No B3010	The Mortlake Flour Mill was established by George Bostock in 1856 as a three storey squared rubble bluestone structure of utilitarian design. In 1857 Warrnambool builders Aikman, Hamilton and Geddes purchased the wind-powered mill, installed a steam engine and erected the impressive square plan stone chimney. The firm continued operation as millers and building contractors until 1870, when the partnership dissolved leaving Aikman sole proprietor. The Mortlake Steam Flour Mill ... more	B3010	State
Former St James Church of England- Mortlake Historic Area St James Anglican Church Shaw Street,, MORTLAKE VIC 3272 - Property No B0058	Adiminutive bluestone church with four-bay nave, vestry and chancel designed by Leonard Terry and built in 1864-5. The exterior is dominated by a prominent bell-cote, substantial raking buttresses, and windows with crisply detailed trefoil heads. The incongruous porch of 1962-3 is excluded from the classification. Classified: 'Local' 01/02/1965 Revised: 26/05/1988 Historic Area Statement of Significance: The significance of the Shaw Street precinct derives from ... more	B0058	Regional
Former St Andrew's Presbyterian Church - Mortlake Historic Area St Andrew's Uniting Church Shaw Street,, MORTLAKE VIC 3272 - Property No B0059	A satisfyingly crisp bluestone building of 1861-2, described at the time as "a perfect model of a country church", but now defaced by the replacement of the bell-cote. Classified: 02/05/1968 Historic Area Statement of Significance: The significance of the Shaw Street precinct derives from its group of nineteenth century bluestone buildings which were erected predominantly for civic or commerical use. They reflect an important phase of Mortlake's urban ... more	B0059	Local
Former Shire Office - Group Classifiaction - Mortlake Historic Area Shaw Street,, MORTLAKE VIC 3272 - Property No B4286	Group Statement of Significance: A distinguished group of three small civic buildings, now abandoned, consisting of Court House, Shire Offices and Post Office, built between 1864 and 1880. Construction is of basalt ashlar with the dominant, centrally placed, Court House in the formal plumb bond and the flanking buildings in random work. Roofs are gabled and slated with plain timber barges and trim. Verandahs are of corrugated sheeting with timber posts and framing except for the ... more	B4286	Local
Shaw Street, Mortlake - Historic Area Shaw Street,, MORTLAKE VIC 3272 - Property No B7254	The significance of the Shaw Street, Mortlake, precinct derives from its group of nineteeth century bluestone buildings which were erected predominantly for civic or commerical use. They reflect an important phase of Mortlake's urban development in the two decades of the 1860's and 1870's. This was a period when the region's rural economy was consolidating and stablising after the expansion of the squatting and gold eras. Also of significance is the fact that the integrity of the ... more	B7254	Regional
Post Office - Group Classification - Mortlake Historic Area Shaw Street,, MORTLAKE VIC 3272 - Property No B5373	Group Statement of Significance: A distinguished group of three small civic buildings, now abandoned, consisting of Court House, Shire Offices and Post Office, built between 1864 and 1880. Construction is of basalt ashlar with the dominant, centrally placed, Court House in the formal plumb bond and the flanking buildings in ramdom work. Roofs are gabled and slated with plain timber barges and trim. Verandahs are of corrugated sheeting with timber posts and framing except for the ... more	B5373	Local
Former Mortlake Butter Factory Co Ltd Cnr Boundary Road and Hood Street,, MORTLAKE VIC 3272 - Property No B6388	The Mortlake Butter Factory Company Limited building complex is historically significant as a typical small town butter factory of the mid 1890s. The buildings gain significance because all three sections of the original factory survive; the small timber butter factory (charcoal lined); the double brick cheese room and the associated manager's residence which stand on a sweeping corner at the outskirts of Mortlake on the road to Terang. Architecturally the factory complex is similar ... more	B6388	Local
Mount Shadwell Hotel - Mortlake Historic Area Dunlop Street,, MORTLAKE VIC 3272 - Property No B5032	Historic Area Statement of Significance: The significance of the Shaw Street, Mortlake, precinct derives from its group of nineteenth century bluestone buildings which were erected predominantly for civic or commerical use. They reflect an important phase of Mortlake's urban development in the two decades of the 1860s and 1870s. This was a period when the region's rural economy was consolidating and stabilising after the expansion of the squatting and gold eras. Also of ... more	B5032	File only