Former Vic police station with backyard jail cell hits market

The ex-police station at 4 Hillside Ave South, Eildon, now a house, is for sale. Picture: Chris Prior. A former cop shop-turned-house complete with an old police lockup in the backyard is for sale in a regional Victorian town. Described as “a very arresting address” in its online listing, the home at 4 Hillside Ave South, Eildon, is about 140km north east of Melbourne. When local police relocated in the 2000s, they didn’t go very far, with the new station located at no. 5 on the same street. RELATED: Old Pentridge Prison execution block cells now hot property Ex-police station with a backyard jail cell sells for $1m+ Williamstown Blue Heelers house could fetch $2.4m Eildon Real Estate director Mark Howard said the house, priced at $625,000, included the old jail which he believed was built in late 1940s or early 1950s. Mr Howard said that with two garages and other outhouses, the abode was ideal for a tradesperson or buyer wanting to run a home-based business from the commercial-zoned property. “There’s excellent security because you’ve got the new police station across the road and if you have anyone who doesn’t pay the bills, you’ve got your own jail top put them in,” he joked. H...