Dwelling, Naheehs
40 Fisken Street MADDINGLEY, MOORABOOL SHIRE
Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Farmhouse and its setting at 40 Fisken Street, Maddingley
How is it significant?
The Farmhouse and its setting at 40 Fisken Street, Maddingley is of local historical and aesthetic significance to the Shire of Moorabool.
Why is it significant?
The Farmhouse and its setting at 40 Fisken Street, Maddingley is of local historical significance for its demonstration of settlement in the Maddingley area for agricultural purposes. The house was built by J. F. Taylor in 1916 for Henry Vallence and his wife Grace Mary (nee Sheehan). This property adjoins the house of George Vallence, who was Henry's father. The property is of historical significance for its associations with the most prominent farming family in the Maddingley area, the Vallence family. It is also important for its associations with local builder J. F. Taylor.
The Farmhouse and its setting at 40 Fisken Street, Maddingley is of aesthetic significance for its prominent Edwardian brick residence located on the ridge line. The residence is of aesthetic significance for its unusual form with two parallel gables projecting from a broad gambrel roofed wing. Other features of note include the bull nosed verandah on three sides with timber rail valance and timber brackets, half-timbering to the gable ends, and chimneys with render bands, moulds and brackets.
1995
A brick Edwardian house of unusual design, built in 1916.
It is locally significant historically as a representative embodiment of a way of life and historical period. It is locally architecturally significant as a representative variant of an architectural style, intact and in good order.
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CHICORY KILN
Victorian Heritage Register H2326 -
Former Chicory Kiln
National Trust -
Former Court House
National Trust
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