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house, 10 Gisbourne Road
10 Gisborne Road BACCHUS MARSH, MOORABOOL SHIRE

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house, 10 Gisbourne Road

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Statement of Significance

An early large brick house built in 1868. From 1881, Christopher Crisp, editor and part proprietor of the Bacchus Marsh Express lived here with his large family until his death in 1915. It remained in the Crisp family until 1977. It is part of a group of three buildings (also refs: 192 & 193) associated with the newspaper.

Forceful, and intelligent Christopher Crisp was influential on Alfred Deakin and the Australian Federation movement at the end of the nineteenth century. This house is of state historical significance for its association with the then important and influential Express and Christopher Crisp. It is a representative embodiment of a way of life in the period from 1868. Finally it is local architectural significance as an early house, surviving in the centre of the town.

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- Physical Conditions
  
  house, 10 Gisbourne Road - Physical Conditions
  
  Good. Ground level has risen up above floor level allowing penetration ofdamp. There is cracking below the front and rear verandahs. There is rising damp in the centre north elevation of the outbuilding.
  
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  Intactness
  
  house, 10 Gisbourne Road - Intactness
  
  Very good. The valance and rail are lacking, at left.
  
  SIGNITICANTINTACTELEMENTS:
  
  MATERIALS. slate FORM. FACADE. VERANDAH.
  
  EAVES DECORATION. VERANDAH DECORATION.
  
  CHIMNEYS. WALL DECORATION. DOORS. WINDOWS. PAINTWORK SCHEME.
  
  UNPAINTED FINISH. brick
  
  Physical Description 1
  
  house, 10 Gisbourne Road - Physical Description 1
  
  A double-fronted symmetrical tuckpointed red brick Victorian cottage, with extensive outbuildings. It has a slate gabled roof across the site, with symmetrical chimneys. There are decorative bargeboards of serpentine profile with applied lozenges. Gable-ends are rendered, this is ruled ashlar and quoins at corners. The front verandah has a concave hip roof; with cast-iron lace valance, over a rail and brackets. These are in the from of half-figure caryatid putti, with vine foliage decoration. There is a T- shaped gable-roofed outbuilding (or extension?) at left, rear.
  
  Historical Australian Themes
  
  house, 10 Gisbourne Road - Historical Australian Themes
  
  Townships
  
  Usage/Former Usage
  
  house, 10 Gisbourne Road - Usage/Former Usage
  
  USE: House
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Moorabool - Bacchus Marsh Heritage Study 1995
  
  Author: Richard Peterson and Daniel Catrice
  Year: 1995
  Grading:
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- RESIDENCE
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H0503
- BACCHUS MARSH EXPRESS OFFICE AND PRINTING WORKS
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H0504
- FORMER CHRISTOPHER CRISP RESIDENCE
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H0505