Mott’s Cottage

Mott’s Cottage is nestled in the historic fishing town of Port Fairy on the Shipwreck Coast

Mott’s Cottage is a charming vernacular cottage that reflects the lives of people who worked in the port village. 

Named after Sarah Jane Mott who lived in the cottage for 26 years in the early 20th century, her family were fishermen and boatmen in the township.  

Constructed in three stages, the oldest section dates from 1845 or earlier.  

Unusually for a humble seaman’s cottage it acquired a second story when Mrs Jane Chastel leased the property in the 1850s. It was then occupied by local stonemason John Hooper who ran a boarding house with his daughter Caroline in the late nineteenth century. 

Mott's Cottage

Mott’s Cottage

Address:

5 Sackville Street,
Port Fairy, 3284 VIC

Open:

Open from 2pm to 4pm on the first and third Saturday of the month. Open Saturdays 2pm to 4pm in January & February 2025.

Closed:

July & August

Phone:
03 9656 9800 (Monday to Friday)
Entry Fees:

National Trust members: FREE
Standard Entry: $5

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