INGLIS FARM COMPLEX
180 INGLIS ROAD, DUMBALK, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
External
- Two tripartite windows in projecting front gable
- Three rendered chimneys with moulded caps
- Pressed metal infills to the projecting gable end
- Bracketed eaves decoration
- Louvred ridge gablets
- Remaining original double-hung windows
- Internal high ceilings with pressed metal decorations (including ceiling roses)
- All original fireplaces
- Entry to underground well
- Early gabled stable structure to the east of the homestead
- Other heritage outbuildings surrounding the homestead
- Loft shed that may predate the homestead with earthern floor, two stables, men’s room and bathroom
- Shearing pens to the west of the homestead, at the rear of the old shearing shed
- Garden setting including mature trees
Non-original alterations and additions, other than those listed above, are not of heritage significance.
Aesthetically, the homestead is significant for its design, which is a blend of the Victorian and Federation styles and features and an overall design that is unique to the Shire, both inside and out. The Inglis farm significantly contributes to the aesthetic and historic significance of the Dumbalk district. (Criterion E)
The Inglis farm has a very strong association to the early pioneering families of South Gippsland, the Inglis' and the Elliott's. Linked through marriage, these two families were key in the settlement of the Parish of Mirboo and farming in the region. The farm has been owned by the Inglis family since they purchased the property and is still owned by descendants today. The Inglis farm demonstrates the longevity of these two pioneer families. (Criterion H)
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INGLIS FARM COMPLEX - Physical Description 1
The homestead at 180 Inglis Lane, Dumbalk East is a single storey weatherboard Transitional villa.
The design, which illustrates the confusion of the transitional period between Victorian and Federation styles, is unique in the Shire and is based on a large single longitudinal corrugated iron hip with a wide centrally projecting gable. It has a smaller parallel hip and an encircling verandah.
Other notable elements include:- The two tripartite windows in the projecting front gable.
- The main entry relegated to the secondary side room in a re-entry against the main building form. It has rendered steps built into the angle of the verandah return.
- The rendered chimneys with moulded caps.
- The pressed metal infills to the projecting gable end.
- Bracketed eaves decoration.
- Louvred ridge gablets.
- The bullnose verandah with stop chamfered square posts (neck moulds missing) and cast iron frieze with crescent brackets.
- The false ashlar (blocked) boards of the main facades below the verandah There is an early gabled stable structure constructed from corrugated iron to the east of the house and a small weatherboard coolroom with an iron gable shade roof and a hood over the entry, at the rear of the house.
The shearing shed is located on a hillside above the entry drive to the west of the house. The earlier section (c. 1890) is constructed of parallel corrugated iron roofed gables with vertical single lapped split planks on split framing. This section has a slat floor and contains the holding pens. The shearing, sorting and baling areas are now contained within a later pair of parallel vertical corrugated iron gabled structures. External pens are located further to the east.
The property is located at the very end of Inglis Road, with the homestead surrounded by pine trees and the shed more exposed on the side of a hill. The homestead is set in an old garden, which contains some very old tree ferns, as well as exotic trees.Heritage Study and Grading
South Gippsland - South Gippsland Heritage Study
Author: David Helms with Trevor Westmore
Year: 2004
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