Portarlington - Flour Mill including interior
7 Turner Court, PORTARLINGTON VIC 3223 - Property No 262039
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Statement of Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The Portarlington Steam Flour Mill Company was formed in July 1856 and the Mill, a four storey rectangular plan stone structure was erected in 1857. The Portarlington Flour Mill is one of the most distinctive flour-mill buildings in Victoria constructed at a time when the Bellarine Peninsula was known as the 'granary of the colony' Built of local sandstone, regularly fenestrated and with string courses marking each floor, the mill, although a utilitarian structure and unadorned, is a notable work of architect Andrew McWilliams. The mill closed in 1874 and the original builder, TH Widdicombe, established a brickwork on the premises
RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES
Geelong Regional Commission Register
Historical Buildings Council Register
REFERENCES
National Trust of Australia (Victoria), File No 405
National Trust of Australia (Victoria), "Notes on Portalington Mill". n.d.
McLeod, Eunice - History of Portalington and East Bellarine, Indented Heads and St Leonards, 1962, pp 10,29
Geelong Advertiser - 9 August, 1856, tender for bricks.
8th November 1856, local residents support the Mill.
1st December 1856, tender for excavation and masonry
13th December 1856, tender for bricklaying, carpenters and joiners and other trades.
17th December 1856, tenders for masonry and bricklaying together.
20th November, 1858, tender for four cottages.
13th October, 1863, for sale notice.
12th December, 1865, for sale notice.
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Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Bellarine Heritage Study
Author: Huddle, Howe, Lewis and Francis
Year: 1996
Grading:
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PORTARLINGTON MILLVictorian Heritage Register H0389
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PORTARLINGTON JETTYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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