DUGGANS LANE RUINS
115 DUGGANS LANE LARA, GREATER GEELONG CITY
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DUGGANS LANE RUINS - History
Thomas Duggan's bluestone cottage. He would have purchased it (or land?) when area was subdivided.Heritage Inventory Description
DUGGANS LANE RUINS - Heritage Inventory Description
A ruined house and extant outbuilding. The house is of four rooms, with the north, west and south external walls constructed of coursed, roughly dressed bluestone, set in a course lime mortar. The east external wall was of a soft, marine sedimentary rock, apparently a type of soft limestone, laid in random style, with bluestone foundations. The internal walls were constructed of random rubble masonry, using bluestone, granite and limestone in a lime mortar. The interior walls were covered with a thick lime mortar render and then plastered. There was a brick fireplace in each room. Rough-hewn timber slabs were used as lintels over doorways, and also half way along the central hallway. The window and door surrounds in the east wall have been partially built of hand-made brick, while those in the west wall are of bluestone and granite. There is a brick cistern on the west side of the house. To the west is a long bluestone outbuilding. The western part of this is stables, enclosed on the west, south and east sides but open to the north. The roof structure is supported upon 'bush poles' along the open side, which has now been partially closed using galvanised iron. The roof shingles remain and are now covered by galvanised iron. The floor is cobbled. There is a room at the east end of this structure, that has been added to the original stables at a later time. There is a fireplace and chimney in this room, which may have served as a laundry. A further structure once stood against the east wall of this room but it has been demolished.
The site appears to have considerable archaeological potential. There are numerous historic artefacts scattered on the surface and there appear to be in situ archaeological deposits. The site is a good example of an early farm complex that remains largely intact and undisturbed.
Recorded by: Vincent Clark, Andrea Murphy. Date Recorded:?
Integrity: Partially excavated
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BLAIRS ROAD LIMEBURNING SITEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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DUGGANS LANE RUINSVictorian Heritage Inventory
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