CRAIGLEE WINERY
785 SUNBURY ROAD SUNBURY, HUME CITY
Statement of Significance
The bluestone four storey building known as Craiglee Winery constructed in 1865-68 for the politician and property owner JS Johnston is of architectural and historical importance for the following reasons:
- As an important, intact and rare material remnant of the wine industry in Victoria in the nineteenth century.
- As an important material remnant, (particularly in its scale and design) of the wine industry in southern Victoria as it developed in the 1860s. This was a decade of extraordinary enthusiasm for viticulture and winemaking. Craiglee's history is also expressive of the decline of viticulture in southern Victoria in the nineteenth century.
- As an exemplar (in its overall design and internal and external features) of traditional winemaking processes, particularly in its incorporation of the gravitation principle permitting the relaying of must and wine from floor to floor, and eventual dispatch through the ground floor cellar door.
- As an important agricultural building in the Sunbury district, which was an important settlement established in the nineteenth century.
- For its distinctive association with the 1862 Duffy land act and its famous clause 47- the so-called "Novel Industries" clause - which was intended to promote new agricultural industries of which winemaking was the most popular.
- For its association with James Stewart Johnston (1811-1896), a notable landowner and politician in nineteenth century Victoria.
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BRIDGE
Victorian Heritage Register H1426 -
Former St Andrew's Presbyterian Church
National Trust -
Our Lady Of Mount Carmel Catholic Church
National Trust
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'The Pines' Scout Camp
Hobsons Bay City -
106 Nicholson Street
Yarra City -
12 Gore Street
Yarra City
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Notes See all notes
Concrete house at Craiglee Winery.
Trevor Westmore • 09/05/16
Further to the previous note, the concrete house is in the foreground of the photo in the VHD citation.
Concrete house at Craiglee Winery.
Trevor Westmore • 09/05/16
In researching another early concrete house, I became aware of the existence of the 1860s concrete house at Craiglee Winery. It is identified by Miles Lewis in Australian Building Culture, Section 7.02, p20. This house has high significance for its rarity and its technological values. It should be included within the extent of Registration for Craiglee.
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Notes See all notes
Concrete house at Craiglee Winery.
Trevor Westmore • 09/05/16
Further to the previous note, the concrete house is in the foreground of the photo in the VHD citation.
Concrete house at Craiglee Winery.
Trevor Westmore • 09/05/16
In researching another early concrete house, I became aware of the existence of the 1860s concrete house at Craiglee Winery. It is identified by Miles Lewis in Australian Building Culture, Section 7.02, p20. This house has high significance for its rarity and its technological values. It should be included within the extent of Registration for Craiglee.
