From days gone by

Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society Inc.

Victorian Heritage Database

St Patrick’s House. Ryans Road, Bacchus Marsh.

Building was commenced in 1864 and by 1877 contained eleven rooms including a ballroom.

Constructed of brick, now with a 1920s Bungalow front, it is rendered and painted, with a slate roof.

Lintels to two doorways are decorated with effigies of St Patrick. The house is known as St Patrick’s house and follows the use of the name St Patrick’s Cottage given to the original building. The verandah was erected in 1937.

It has an association with Henry ‘Money” Miller and earlier, Jeremiah Ryan. It also demonstrates a sequence of architectural styles.