Conifer Hedge and Windbreak
263 Main Street (Avenue of Honour) BACCHUS MARSH, MOORABOOL SHIRE
Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Conifer Hedge and Windbreak at 263 Main Street, Bacchus Marsh.
How is it significant?
The Conifer Hedge and Windbreak at 263 Main Street, Bacchus Marsh is of local historical and aesthetic significance to the Shire of Moorabool.
Why is it significant?
The Conifer Hedge and Windbreak at 263 Main Street, Bacchus Marsh is of local historical significance as a remnant of the pastoral settlement in the Bacchus Marsh area. It is of historical significance for demonstrating the landscape and vegetation of pastoral holdings.
The Conifer Hedge and Windbreak at 263 Main Street, Bacchus Marsh is of aesthetic significance as landmark plantings indicating the earlier appearance of the pastoral landscape around Bacchus Marsh.
1995
A windbreak of about thirty(?) Field Maple (Acer coampestre) trees(?), lining the west boundary of a paddock and a large conifer hedge of Monterey Cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) on a pastoral boundary adjoining the house. Of local historical significance as a representative embodiment of a place, its landscape and vegetation and of an agricultural practice. Of "architectural" significance locally as a representative example of a planting configuration.
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RESIDENCE
Victorian Heritage Register H0503 -
BACCHUS MARSH EXPRESS OFFICE AND PRINTING WORKS
Victorian Heritage Register H0504
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FORMER CHRISTOPHER CRISP RESIDENCE
Victorian Heritage Register H0505
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