"Lynnburn" Homestead and outbuildings
600 Ballarat Road, BATESFORD VIC 3221 - Property No 276363
-
Add to tour
You must log in to do that.
-
Share
-
Shortlist place
You must log in to do that.
- Download report
Statement of Significance
B Listed - Regional Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
'Lynnburn' homestead at Batesford was erected c 1857 for Dr. Robert Culbertson Hope as a single storey squared basalt residence with double bay front,slate roof and two storey rear kitchen wing and encircling verandah, now demolished. Walter Sheridan, a Geelong architect/surveyor, may have designed this austere and virtually unadorned stone structure. A flour mill and cellar were also located on 'Lynnburn' in the nineteenth century. 'Lynnburn' was for many years the country residence of eminent scottish born surgeon, pastoralist and politician, Dr. R. C. Hope.
References
Johnston, R. "A History of teh Batesford District", History Research Essay, Department of Architecture, University of Melbourne, 1975. pp. 23-25. Including illustrations of homestead and flour mill.
Weekly Times, Melbourne, 27th September, 1978.
Henderson, Alexander, Henderson's Australian Families, Henderson, Melbourne, 1941. pp. 267-274.
Lonsdale, J.M. Gateway to the West, booklet produced for the "Back to Inverleigh" Celebrations, March 1978. p. 7 Biographical Sketch of Dr. R. C. Hope.
Clark, Manning, 'Hope, Robert Culbertson (1812-1878)', in Pike, Douglas (ed) Australian Dictionary of Biography, Melbourne University Press, Vol. 4 1973 pp. 419-420.
Willingham, A.F., 'Documentation of Listed Historic Places, Register of the National Estate; University of Melbourne, 1979, File No. 8/09/13.
Wynd, Ian, 'So Fine a Country, A History of Corio Shire', Draft Copy, to be published in late 1980.
-
-
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Geelong Region Historic Buildings and Objects Study
Author: Allan Willingham
Year: 1986
Grading:
-
-
-
-
-
Presbyterian Church including interiorGreater Geelong City
-
"Innisfail", houseGreater Geelong City
-
Batesford School (original 1877 building)Greater Geelong City
-
-