Glenfine Homestead, Mile Post & Mine Ruins
150 Glenfine Road,, WERNETH VIC 3352 - Property No B3426
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Statement of Significance
Two-storey mansion of 1873 of bluestone rendered to emphasize quoins, heavy cast-iron ornament and paired columns on verandah and balcony extending around three sides, steeply pitched slate roof with bracketed eaves and attic ventilators and interesting attached conservatory. Architect H R Caselli. The bluestone paving and walling at the rear is noted. Minor internal alterations since 1946 also probably include removal of original rendered decoration to external arch of entrance porch.
Mile Post Statement of Significance: Cast iron mile post originally on roadside at Pitfield.
Mine Ruins Statement of Significance: Ruins of brick buildings with arched openings including one small vaulted chamber possibly former explosives store, adjacent to mullock heaps, the remains of the gold rush to Pitfield in the 1890s.
Classified: 29/08/1974
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GOLDEN BELT EXTENDED CO.Victorian Heritage Inventory
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W.T. Rowe Glenfine ResidenceGolden Plains Shire H1206
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Glenfine Mining and Homestead ComplexGolden Plains Shire
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