Former Junction/Keens Hotel ruins
5 Fyansford-Gheringhap Road, FYANSFORD VIC 3221 - Property No 299106
-
Add to tour
You must log in to do that.
-
Share
-
Shortlist place
You must log in to do that.
- Download report
Statement of Significance
C Listed - Local Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The ruins of the Junction Hotel (outbuildings and hotel footings) are scientifically significant at a Local level for their potential to yield evidence of the lifestyle at one of the earliest hotels established at Fyansford during the gold rush period.
It is historically significant at a Local level for its association with many early Fyansford farming families. and the evolution of developments in the broader community. It is also historically significant as a now rare surviving example of aspects of Fyansford's heritage.
Overall, the Junction Hotel ruins at 5-55 Fyansford-Gheringhap Road are of Local Significance.
REFERENCE
1. Shire of Bannockburn Rate Books.
2. Sands & McDougall's Directory of Victoria.
3. John McNeill, A Journey to Destiny 1890 - 1990, Australian Cement Limited, 1990, p18
4. Derek Beaurepaire, The Stepping Stone, p33
-
-
Former Junction/Keens Hotel ruins - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTION
This Victorian Vernacular styled building has a rectangular plan form and is constructed of coursed random rubble bluestone walls and a hipped corrugated iron roof. There is a brick chimney at one end which protrudes through the roof and is visible only above the spouting. There are window and door openings but the doors and windows have been removed.
Bluestone footings of a larger building are believed to be extant on the site. (See the History.)
There are several mature trees surrounding the site.
-
-
-
-
-
FROGMOREVictorian Heritage Register H0696
-
CLARKES ROAD 1 STRUCTUREVictorian Heritage Inventory
-
"Frogmore", house and outbuildingsGreater Geelong City H0696
-
-