The program contains some heritage buildings, including the Beehive Building, the Law Courts building and Specimen Cottage, as well as new buildings, such as B House and the RACV tiny house.

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The Law Courts building proved popular on Saturday, with several hundred people visiting to admire the impressive Victorian structure.

The region’s senior registrar, Mick Conway, said the response had been “incredible”.

Mr Conway said he believed the building captured people’s imaginations with the stories told within it, as well as “the woodwork, the authority, the grandeur”.

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The building’s windows – including a leadlight window that does not face outside – had sparked the curiosity of visitors, he said, as had the fake doors, which were included in the building for balance.

But Mr Conway’s favourite feature is a misaligned tile on one of the landings, which throws the pattern slightly out of kilter.

The story behind the tile, Mr Conway said, was that it was purposely laid in such a way, to create an imperfection in the building, because “only God can create perfection”.

While the story was yet to be proven true, Mr Conway said it suggested that, at the time, the building was considered perfection.

The Bendigo Open House program continues on Sunday.

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