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"Greystanes", Residence
2 Brassey Avenue, HIGHTON VIC 3216 - Property No 222050

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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

'Greystanes' (formerly 'Hermon Lodge') was erected 1853-1854 for William Bright, partner in the celebrated emporium of Bright and Hitchcock of Geelong. This single storey triple gabled stone house is a transitional colonial Georgian style design of unknown architectural origins. 'Greystanes' is a most unusual design indicative of the pattern book derived architectural traditions of the 1850's and with important associations with William Bright, a pioneer Victorian merchant/importer and eminent Geelong Alderman and civic leader.

REFERENCES

Investigator, Geelong Historical Society, 1965-66 Vol. 1 Section 3, p.20, 1968, Vol. 3, p.62

Geelong Advertiser, 2nd July 1875, 'to let notice'.

Sutherland, Alexander, Victoria and its Metropolis, Past and Present, McCarron, Bird and co., Melbourne 1888, Vol. 2 p. 152. Biographical sketch of Bright and Hitchcock.

Brownhill, W. R., The History of Geelong and Corio Bay, Wilke & Co., Melbourne, 1955, p. 335.

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