Batman Park & Boat Sheds Heritage Review 2012-13: Boat Shed Datasheets
Shed No
Area
No - 26
Hood Bight Beach
Frontage
BAY VUE
Year
Construction
1937
Original Owner
Current Licensee
Syd NELSON
P. Lillie
Current
Photograph
Type of
Construction
Integrity
Roof: Early corrugated metal sheeting with ‘River Gum’ green overpainting.
Walls: Original in-situ reinforced concrete (from boarded timber formwork) with introduced ‘summer straw’
overpainting.
Gable Infill: Early cement sheeting.
Floor: Concrete slab.
Doors: Early vertically boarded timber.
Window: Early window opening north side with vertically boarded shutter..
Fair-good.
Conservation Issues:
 Introduced timber electricity pole in front gable.
 Boat shed submerged in ground at rear.
 Weathered timber bargeboards and exposed timber rafter ends.
 Missing original letting to rendered “BAY VUE” name plate in stuccoed panel to the left of the doorway.
 Rotted ends to timber doors.
 Overhanging Cypress tree branches causing debris build up on roof.
 Wall cracks on side and rear walls.
High
Historical
Information
Herbert Lewis built this boat shed for Syd Nelson in late 1937. By 1971, it was occupied by R. Lillie. In 1985, the
Committee of Management requested that trees be cleared from the wiring to the boat shed.
Condition
REFERENCES
Batman Park Committee Minutes 26 December 1937.
Indented Head Foreshore Committee Minutes 26 September 1971.
L. Chambers, ‘Indented Head: 1920s’, memories of Lynette (nee) Lewis, Bellarine Historical Society, n.d.
Dr David Rowe, Wendy Jacobs & Pam Jennings, with assistant from Idle Architecture Studio
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Other Features
(detail photos)
Dr David Rowe, Wendy Jacobs & Pam Jennings, with assistant from Idle Architecture Studio
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