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CHATSWORTH LODGE
127 JOHNSTONE STREET CASTLEMAINE, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

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CHATSWORTH LODGE SOHE 2008
CHATSWORTH LODGE SOHE 2008
CHATSWORTH LODGE SOHE 2008
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chatsworth lodge johnstone street castlemaine view front street
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Statement of Significance

Chatsworth Lodge was built in c.1864 by James Redfearn, a monumental mason, who established his business there. Redfearn was born in Derbyshire, England, and migrated to Melbourne in 1856. In 1862 he arrived in Castlemaine where he established the Chatsworth Lodge monumental mason's business, acquiring the land on which it stands in 1864.

He had served his apprenticeship under Sir Joseph Paxton and had worked on the great conservatory at Chatsworth and Lismore Castle, the Duke of Derbyshire's seat in Ireland. He was a member of the borough council of Castlemaine for over seven years and worked on many of Castlemaine's buildings till his death in 1888.

The house has a gabled roof with a verandah along the long side to the front. It is constructed of brick with the major facade rendered and the door and window surrounds dressed with carved basalt. The octagonal basalt chimneys at each end of the main gable are finely executed and are the dominant elements of the building. The gateposts are similarly executed in basalt and the house still has a simple picket fence across the house. This is one of the earliest residences in Castlemaine and is important for its fine use of stone. Although the roof and verandah have been altered, enough remains of Redfearn's masonry work to give this building special significance.

[Historic Buildings Council]

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      CHATSWORTH LODGE - Permit Exemptions

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