The ruins, located beside a creek, consist of a cottage, a single roomed structure with fireplace, remnants of a separate fireplace and chimney, and a well. The cottage is of stone construction with stone quoins, a red brick chimney and a steeply pitched hipped roof clad in corrugated iron. The stone quoins to the external corners are unusually large, given the modest scale of the building. The remnant windows feature exposed hardwood sills with bull nosed edges. The cottage interior contains remnants of a raking cloth ceiling.
The single roomed structure, and the remnant fireplace and chimney of a separate structure are of stone rubble construction with stone quoins and red brick chimneys. The ruins are heavily covered in vegetation and in very dilapidated condition. The stone walled well adjacent to the cottage is still intact, and covered in vegetation.
The form and construction of the farm buildings suggest an 1850's time frame. A substantial portion of this property was granted to J B Thorngate on 27 June 1840 and leased to Decimus Woodgate in 1852, then to Isaac Jacobs in 1861. It is likely that the cottage was built by Woodgate. The property was bought under the Real Property Act by Churcher and Churcher, in 1936 (beneficiaries under the will of Thorngate).
Photo(s) courtesy of: Bruce Harry and Associates (2007).
Settler's Farm Ruins (JPG, 55KB)
Settler's Farm Ruins (JPG, 69KB)
Settler's Farm Ruins (JPG, 63KB)
Allot 391 Sec 750 Kangarilla Road, Clarendon 5157 View Map
Allot 391 Sec 750 Kangarilla Road , Clarendon 5157