Woolshed
4005-4007 McIvor Highway, DERRINAL VIC 3551 - Property No 209387
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Statement of Significance
The timber framed and clad woolshed at 4005 McIvor Highway, Derrinal probably built after 1887 is significant.The house and other outbuildings some distance from the woolshed have not been assessed. Further inspection of the homestead and other outbuildings is required to determine the significance of these buildings.
How is it significant?The woolshed at Kilmuir is of local aesthetic significance to the City of Greater Bendigo.
Why is it significant?The woolshed at Kilmuir is located on the highway and is a building of distinctive form without direct comparison elsewhere in the study area. It demonstrates an aspect of farming not well represented in other farm complexes identified in the study area. Criterion B
Although there are other woolsheds, this one is particularly large, highly visible and of a distinctive high gabled design. The building is highly intact with only minor alterations to the cladding materials. Criterion E
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Woolshed - Physical Description 1
The woolshed at Kilmuir, Derrinal is located on the McIvor Highway some distance from the house and other buildings associated with the farm. It is a large woolshed with unusually tall gable roof form. The construction is of timber with weatherboard cladding and some fibro cement sheet to the rear elevation facing the sheep pens. The ridge has a curved capping giving a distinctive profile to the building. There is a small window in the gable end. Although there are a number of woolsheds in the study area, this one is unusually large and of a distinctive form.
Woolshed - Physical Conditions
Fair
Woolshed - Integrity
High
Woolshed - Historical Australian Themes
4. Transforming the land
4.3 Grazing and raising livestock
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Bendigo - Former Shires of McIvor and Strathfieldsaye Heritage Study
Author: Context P/L
Year: 2008
Grading: Local
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FORMER DERRINAL/WILD DUCK RAILWAY STATIONVictorian Heritage Inventory
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WoolshedGreater Bendigo City
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