Rowville in Knox, Victoria, Australia — Oceania

Cool Store - Dairy

— Stamford Park Homestead —

Photographed by Dean Barton-Ancliffe, March 25, 2026

1. Cool Store / Dairy Marker

Inscription. The cool store retains the original tiled floor, timber-lined ceiling and window joinery. The original function of this room is highly likely to have been a cool store or dairy as it is close to the kitchen and includes tiled benches around the perimeter that were used for placing food that needed to be kept cool, a common method of food storage prior to refrigeration.

The room has also been referred to as the chapel presumably due to its Gothic windows, although it is highly unlikely to have been built for that purpose.

The attached two rooms to the left are likely to have been store rooms given their small size and proximity to the kitchen and cool room.

The outbuilding is a small three-roomed building of rendered masonry construction, with a ruled ashlar finish, and a double gabled roof clad in corrugated galvanised steel. It was originally freestanding, situated several metres from the eastern side of the south-eastern wing.

There is evidence this building was built earlier than the main homestead, before 1882. The architectural design of this outbuilding resembles the Picturesque style commonly associated

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with the period before 1870 It may be connected to the 1864 development of the property.

At some point, likely late 19th to early 20th century, a room was built in the open space between the cool store and the main homestead. This building previously operated as a laundry.

Erected by Knox City Council.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1864.

Location. 37° 54.861′ S, 145° 14.02′ E. Marker is in Rowville, Victoria, in Knox. It can be reached from Emmeline Row just west of Enterprise Drive. After travelling up the driveway to Stamford Park House, follow around the back of the house to the right to locate this marker. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8 Emmeline Row, Rowville VIC 3178, Australia. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Oceania,

in Australasia,

in the Pacific Ocean,

in South Pacific,

on the Pacific Rim,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony.

Other nearby markers. At least

Photographed by Dean Barton-Ancliffe, March 25, 2026

2. Cool Store - Dairy Marker

8 other markers are within 6 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Well (a few steps from this marker); An Entwined History (within shouting distance of this marker); Homestead (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Rowville War Memorial (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); Rowville Carwash (approx. 1.5 kilometers away); Original Scoresby School (approx. 1.8 kilometers away); Scoresby Wesleyan Church (approx. 1.8 kilometers away); The Opperman Trails (approx. 5.3 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Rowville.

Also see . . . Stamford Park Homestead at Knox City Council Website.

Stamford Park Homestead is a magnificent example of 19th-century architecture featuring Gothic gables, fretted barge boards, intricate wrought iron and five-metre high ceilings.

It is one of the last remaining substantial 19th century houses in the region.

The homestead was in an advanced state of disrepair when it was acquired by Knox Council in 1988.

Several rooms have been completely restored to give visitors an appreciation of the homestead as it was in its heyday.

Further restorations
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on the house and six acres of parkland were carried out as part of the Stamford Park Redevelopment Project.

(Submitted on March 24, 2026, by Dean Barton-Ancliffe of Rowville, Victoria.)

Credits. This page was last revised on March 26, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 24, 2026, by Dean Barton-Ancliffe of Rowville, Victoria. This page has been viewed 15 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 24, 2026, by Dean Barton-Ancliffe of Rowville, Victoria. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.