The Eloera Homestead at 265-9 Glenfern Road.

The Eloera Homestead at 265 - 9 Glenfern Road is significant local

historic and aesthetic reasons.

Of local historic significance because it was built by one of the area's

selectors. The Eloera Homestead represents the development of tourism in

the area, having changed from a farmhouse to a guesthouse. RNE criterion A.4

The Eloera Homestead is of aesthetic significance as an example of a

largely intact nineteenth century gothic homestead. Although the

original house has been added to over a number of years, the recent

additions have largely been sympathetic to the original design.

RNE criterion E.1

Eloera Homestead is a rustic Gothic style residence with rendered walls on a random rubble stone plinth and a steeply pitched gabled roof. The front gable end has ornate timber fretwork bargeboards and a turned timber finial and contains a multi-pane timber-framed casement window.

The house was constructed in a number of stages, with later additions generally sympathetic to the original design. The timber entry porch is relatively recent.