BASSETTS FARM

WOODMANS ROAD MUCKLEFORD SOUTH, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

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  • History

    BASSETTS FARM - History

    1854: allotments 23-33 of Section 4 and allotments 16 and 17 of Section 6 in the parish of Muckleford granted to John Seviour

    1860: allotments 32 and 33 sold to John Smith

    1863: John Smith leased the land to Peter Cusack

    1869: land sold to Thomas Blenkiron, then sold to Robert Sevior

    1874: sold to Peter Hanson

    1910: sold to Alfred Emmanuel Bassett

    Interpretation of Site

    BASSETTS FARM - Interpretation of Site

    The house was constructed in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century and has had a long association with the Bassett family. The area is also associated with the Neilson family.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    BASSETTS FARM - Heritage Inventory Description

    The former Bassett's farm complex comprises a number of buildings set around a farm yard. The house demonstrates design qualities of the late Victorian vernacular style. The intact qualities include the brick wall construction with brick voussoirs, the hipped M-form roof, the brick chimneys, encompassing verandah on the service wing, the central doorway and timber double hung windows. There are also early remaining pole and slab farm buildings, the later concrete milking shed and the mature native and exotic trees. The house is in two wings which may indicate different times of construction.

    The former Bassett's farm complex comprises a number of buildings set around a farm yard. The house demonstrates design qualities of the late Victorian vernacular style. The intact qualities include the brick wall constructionwith brick voussoirs, the hipped M form roof, the brick chimneys, encompassing verandah on the service wing, the central doorway and timber double hung windows. There are alsoearly remaining pole and slab farm buildings, the later concrete milking shed and the mature native and exotic trees. The house is in two wings which may indicate different times of construction.

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