Ercildoune Homestead is a large Victorian homestead built in 1838–1839 by Scottish-born
Thomas Learmonth and his brother Somerville, and was named after an old
keep on the Scottish border, associated with an ancestor of the Learmonth family. The property was purchased by
Sir Samuel Wilson in about 1873, for a rumoured £250,000. He was responsible for adding to the existing building, which is a large stone mansion in the
Scottish Baronial style, with
crow-stepped gabled wings and castellated parapets. Ercildoune is one of the most important historic homesteads in Victoria, and one of the earliest surviving buildings. ==References==