Batesford Median PriceThe House price is 6% lower than last year. Surrounding suburbs | Map | Street view | Nearby property price | Planning History: | | Registered as Victorian heritage | B Listed - Regional Significance STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The history of 'Innisfail' at Cross Street, Batesford, is unrecorded in detail. This single storey basalt rubble house with sandstone quoins and dressings, timber verandah and slate roof was erected in the 1850's as a pair of houses in the colonial vernacular cottage style. The original occupants are unknown. The houses were apparently occupied by a ladies school conducted by the Presbyterian Church from 1866-1878 RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES Geelong Regional Commission Register. REFERENCES Johnston, R - "A History of Batesford District" - History Research Essay, Department of Architecture, University of Melbourne, 1965 - pp 27 National Trust of Australia (Victoria) - File No 2365, Little documented information held.. Wynd, I - 'So Fine a Country: A history of Corio Shire" - Draft Copy to be published in late 1980 |
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