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GOWRIE
63-65 GOWRIE STREET,, GLENROY VIC 3046 - Property No 97547

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Statement of Significance

Gowrie is of state architectural and historical Significance. It is one of the oldest surviving houses in the Broadmeadows district and an early homestead of noted pastoralist James Robertson. Architecturally, it is a relatively rare and externally intact example of a traditional Scottish laird's house.
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    • Physical Description 1

      GOWRIE - Physical Description 1

      Gowrie is a one-and-a-half storey bluestone house in the style of a Scottish laird's house, with a gabled slated roof, prominent gable dormer windows, dressed stone quoins and copings. The exterior is essentially in original condition, complete with '1855' foundation stone. Alterations include the replacement of the original windows, and the addition of the gabled entrance porch.

      The 1960s additions, and associated new outbuildings, are of unpainted concrete block construction.

      Key Architectural Elements: bluestone construction; slate roof; unusual style

      Conservation Guidelines: reinstate windows and doors to original design; remove non-original porch
      remove paint from bluestone side walls; preferably remove unsympathetic 20th century additions

      Comparative Examples: Meadowbank (now the Manor House), Campbellfield, early 1850s.

      Principal Historic Themes: primary productionearly agricultural/farming activity

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Moreland - City of Moreland Heritage Review

      Author: Allen Lovell and Associates
      Year: 1999
      Grading: State

      Moreland - Moreland City Council: Local Heritage Places Review

      Author: Context Pty Ltd
      Year: 2004
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