Back to search results

FENAGH COTTAGE
7 BURNETT STREET ST KILDA, PORT PHILLIP CITY

All information on this page is maintained by Heritage Victoria. Click below for their website and contact details.
Victorian Heritage Register
1 fenagh cottage burnett street st kilda front view nov1985
1 fenagh cottage burnett street st kilda front view nov1985
1 fenagh cottage burnett street st kilda front view nov1985
FENAGH COTTAGE SOHE 2008
On this page:

Statement of Significance

Fenagh Cottage at 7 Burnett Street, St Kilda, was built circa 1855 for George John Watson (1829-1906), the pioneer racing entrepreneur and founder of the Melbourne hunt club. Watson and his family lived in the cottage from the 1850s until his death there in 1906. The building, a single storey timber-framed, weatherboard-clad building, is of historical and architectural significance as a rare survivor of the large number of 1850s prefabricated iron and timber cottages. These were a major feature of the suburb during the last century and, until recently, Fenagh Cottage retained some of its original Morewood and Rogers galvanised iron roof tiles.

Although the building has suffered substantial alteration internally, new roofing and new front casement windows, it retains much of its original plan form. What would appear to have been the original kitchen wing is located on the SE corner of the building. The coach house/stable building at the rear shows evidence of early and original materials i.e. planked and shingled roofing, packing case linings and early framing members. Fenagh cottage is important also for its location in the historic and prestigious St Kilda hill area in a street which contains a number of other buildings of both historical and architectural significance including Oberwyl (1856-1859) and Marion terrace at 14-34 Burnett Street built in 1882 for the merchant James Roberts.

Show more
Show less

    • Permit Exemptions

      FENAGH COTTAGE - Permit Exemptions

      General Exemptions:

      General exemptions apply to all places and objects included in the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR). General exemptions have been designed to allow everyday activities, maintenance and changes to your property, which don’t harm its cultural heritage significance, to proceed without the need to obtain approvals under the Heritage Act 2017.

      Places of worship: In some circumstances, you can alter a place of worship to accommodate religious practices without a permit, but you must notify the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria before you start the works or activities at least 20 business days before the works or activities are to commence.

      Subdivision/consolidation: Permit exemptions exist for some subdivisions and consolidations. If the subdivision or consolidation is in accordance with a planning permit granted under Part 4 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and the application for the planning permit was referred to the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria as a determining referral authority, a permit is not required.

      Specific exemptions may also apply to your registered place or object. If applicable, these are listed below. Specific exemptions are tailored to the conservation and management needs of an individual registered place or object and set out works and activities that are exempt from the requirements of a permit. Specific exemptions prevail if they conflict with general exemptions.

      Find out more about heritage permit exemptions here.

Public contributions

Note: Developments may span multiple time periods
Timeline browser

< to 1849
< - 1849
1850 to 1879
1850 - 1879
1880 to 1909
1880 - 1909
1910 to 1939
1910 - 1939
1940 to 1969
1940 - 1969
1970 to 1999
1970 - 1999
2000 to >
2000 - >