Historic property 108 and 106C Burnbank Street, Lake Wendouree, is for sale by tender

Caine Property is selling 108 and 106C Burnbank Street, Lake Wendouree, by tender.

The house is of Victorian design and a considerable modern extension was added two decades ago. Some features of the abode include five bedrooms, three bathrooms, a substantial kitchen, a vegetable garden, and a garage.

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Also alluring is the history of the home and the land on which it is based.

The original solid red brick house was constructed in 1883 by British migrant, Joseph Stout. Its iron lace work, evident to this day, was cast by the town's Blomeley Foundary.

Prior to coming to Ballarat, Joseph and wife Mary Stout arrived at the port of Melbourne as unassisted migrants in November 1857.

Both aged 33 from Northumberland, England, they had travelled onboard the Carrier Dove with their four sons, John, William, Ralph, and Joseph, the latter aged two.

Three children had died as infants in the mother country. A further five children were born in Australia, although three passed away within a week of each other as a result of the measles epidemic of 1866.

The family made its way west to Ballarat and, in late 1857, Joseph Stout was one of a handful of settlers who called for a camp meeting on the edge of Yuille Swamp, now Lake Wendouree, to form the Primitive Methodist Church in Burnbank Street.

It is believed the patriarch of the family was a miner, although, when his daughter, Margaret, married Stephen Lingham in 1871, the marriage certificate listed the father-of-the-bride's occupation as "gentleman".

There is little question John Stout was part of Ballarat's mining establishment.

He owned multiple blocks of land in Burnbank Street and Lexton Street and a shop on the corner of Burnbank and Cardigan Streets.

In further evidence of Stout's entrepreneurial nature, he owned the Royal Highlander Hotel, which became the Peter Lalor Hotel, on the corner of Mair and Doveton Streets.

Stout was a member of the Old Colonists' Club and the Ballarat Gun Club.

Such was Stout's influence, he was able to provide people seeking admission to the Ballarat Hospital with a ticket stating they were of good character and worthy. This was a notable seal of approval for the prospective patients.

Stout himself received commendation from revered historian Western Bate. Bate argued Stout was one of a number of "remarkable Englishmen of Ballarat".

Stout died on 16 March 1901, aged 77. Extraordinarily, the house remained in the family until 1979.

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