Talara - Port Fairy Historic Area
549 Prince's Highway,, PORT FAIRY VIC 3284 - Property No B0044
Statement of Significance
Diamond John Howes acquired land on which Talara stands from James Atkinson in May 1856. The first municipal rate book of 1856-57 shows a house and this is presumably the simple stone cottage at the rear of the main house. The front portion of the house was erected apparently in 1858, it being recorded in the 1858-59 rate book. D J Howes was the first Secretary and Surveyor to the Belfast and District Roads Board in 1853 and subsequently Secretary and Engineer of the Shire of Belfast.
Talara is a most distinctive and unusual building, both in the context of Port Fairy and in the State of Victoria. The house has been constructed in a Gothic Revival style and is elaborately decorated, with its gables and eaves decorated with elaborate fret work, finials and pendentives. The house is constructed in bluestone and other features include the projecting bay windows, the symmetrical arrngement of the main facade and the patterned slate roofs. The stone cottage to the rear is also of interest. Classified 17/01/1965
2010 Note: Good condition
Historic Area Classified: 02/03/1981 .
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TALARA
Victorian Heritage Register H0255 -
THISTLE PLACE LIME KILN SITE
Victorian Heritage Inventory -
State School 1188
National Trust
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