| House | $1,710,000  |
| Land | $873,300 |
Surrounding suburbs
| Bell Post Hill | $720,700  |
| Fyansford | $1,022,400 |
| Hamlyn Heights | $785,800 |
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| Planning History: |
| Registered as Victorian heritage |
| C Listed - Local Significance The Batesford School, a single storey brick building with gable roof and asymmetrically located entry porch was erected in 1876-77 to plans prepared by the Public Works Department. The design is extremely austere and utilitarian design, without ornamentation and typical of small country schoolrooms erected by the Victorian Government in the 1870s. A time of rapid development in education in the State and of prolific school building activity. The Batesford School is of interest as an early school in the district, but certainly eclipses for architectural and historical importance by other similar rural schools in the Geelong Region. RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES Geelong Regional Commission Register. REFERENCES Geelong Advertiser - 16 September 1876, government Notices - tender for brick school at Batesford. 4 January 1877 - nearly completed. 22 September 1877 - tender for wooden Teacher's house. Wynd, Ian - So Fine a Country, a History of Corio Shire. Public Records office Laverton, Education Department Records and Public Works Department records may contain further details of establishment, architectural plans and construction records for this schoolhouse. |
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