Corio Villa, 56 Eastern Beach, Geelong, VIC, Australia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member blingg
S 38° 08.888 E 144° 22.318
55H E 269711 N 5774485
The prefabricated Corio Villa
Waymark Code: WMWNNJ
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 09/23/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member CADS11
Views: 2

The prefabricated iron house, Corio Villa, was erected in 1856, after being manufactured in Edinburgh in 1855 by iron founder, Charles D Young and Co for William Nairn Gray, colonial land commissioner, who died before it could be shipped.Alfred Douglass, merchant, acquired and erected the villa in 1856.
List: Register of the National Estate

Place ID: 3536

Place File No: 2/01/064/0001

URL database reference: [Web Link]

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Year built: 1856

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