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Date: 1875 Type: Homestead Style: Victorian Status: Extant Street: Faure St   Click to view large map Coordinates: Alt: 140m

See more photographs Transcription of information plaque: HISTORIC ROUTE • HISTORIESE ROETE BARON VON ELGG STATELY HOME Style: Victorian • Built: 1875 This is the only remaining double storeyed Victorian mansion in Malmsbury. It has been excellently pre- served by a series of private owners. ES Ford built the house for Baron Werdmüller von Elgg of Zurich in 1875. The cost of the construction is said to have been £7 000 and all the building material was ordered from a catalogue and shipped out from England.