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MT. EIRENE GUEST HOUSE
lot 28 Mt Eirene Road GEMBROOK, Cardinia Shire

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Mt Eirene Guest House
Mt Eirene Guest House
Mt Eirene Guest House
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Statement of Significance

Mt. Eirene Guest House, which was owned by W.G. Stephens, draper, in c1913, is of significance to the Cardinia Shire as one of the few remaining examples of the many guest houses that were built in Victorian holiday resorts in the post-First World War period. The property has significance for its associations in the 1930s with Mrs Laura Farrell, who advertised Mt. Eirene in Railway Department Tourist Guides of the period.

Regional Significance

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    • Physical Description 1

      MT. EIRENE GUEST HOUSE - Physical Description 1

      This Federation Bungalow style timber former guest house is sited on the south side of the road in a section which has been alienated by a road deviation. The house has a return verandah with a slatted frieze, plain posts set on cement bases and fretted brackets shaped after an Indian form. The main roof form is hipped with gabled roof and room bays used as ornament, in a trussed form with finials. The roof is clad with corrugated iron and the chimney is red brick, with a corbelled top.

      To the south/east of the house is what is thought to have been a packing shed in a gabled form with corrugated iron roof, a loft window in the boarded gable end and otherwise, vertically set corrugated iron wall cladding.

      Two large oaks are at the frontage.

      Physical Conditions

      MT. EIRENE GUEST HOUSE - Physical Conditions

      The house has been altered (window openings) and added to with a gabled timber wing at one end of the verandah. The reputed packing shed is in only fair condition.

      Historical Australian Themes

      MT. EIRENE GUEST HOUSE - Historical Australian Themes

      Historical Themes

      7.2 Popular holiday resorts. Guest house era and later

      8.5 Tourist centres, e.g. Upper Beaconsfield, Gembrook

      Physical Description 2

      MT. EIRENE GUEST HOUSE - Physical Description 2

      Associations - Stephens, W.G. Question

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Cardinia - Cardinia Shire Heritage Study 1996

      Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
      Year: 1996
      Grading: Local

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