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Farmhouse 70 Lederderg Gorge Road
70 Lerderderg Gorge Road DARLEY, MOORABOOL SHIRE

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?

The Farmhouse and its setting at 70 Lerderderg Gorge Road, Darley.

How is it significant?

The Farmhouse and its setting at 70 Lerderderg Gorge Road, Darley is of local historical and architectural significance to the Shire of Moorabool.

Why is it significant?

The Farmhouse and its setting at 70 Lerderderg Gorge Road, Darley is of local historical significance for its demonstration of the early settlement of Darley because of agriculture. The dwelling is a rare surviving example of a farmhouse from the 1870s period. Survival of intact residential buildings from this era is rare across Victoria.

The Farmhouse and its setting at 70 Lerderderg Gorge Road, Darley is of aesthetic significance as a rare surviving example of a mid to late Victorian weatherboard farmhouse. The residence has an interesting and rare form with a main hip roof, a projecting gable wing at both ends, and a skillion roof verandah extending between the two projecting wings.

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    • Physical Description 1

      Farmhouse 70 Lederderg Gorge Road - Physical Description 1

      An elevated timber hou se ofU-shaped symmetrical plan with two gables facing. Both front windows and at left, have skillion heads and there are three chimneys. There are outbuildings at left and right at rear. There are concrete water channels on both sides ofLerderderg Gorge Road, with two Dethridge wheels and a row of figs on the front boundary.

      Intactness

      Farmhouse 70 Lederderg Gorge Road - Intactness

      Unknown (too distant to determine)

      SIGNIFICANT INTACT ELEMENTS:

      FORM. VERANDAH.

      CHIMNEYS. DOORS. WINDOWS.

      OUTBUILDINGS. EQUIPMENT.

      VIEWS.

      Physical Conditions

      Farmhouse 70 Lederderg Gorge Road - Physical Conditions

      CONDITIONS & THREATS : Apparently good.

      Historical Australian Themes

      Farmhouse 70 Lederderg Gorge Road - Historical Australian Themes

      Agricultural

      Usage/Former Usage

      Farmhouse 70 Lederderg Gorge Road - Usage/Former Usage

      USE: Farmhouse.

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Moorabool - Bacchus Marsh Heritage Study 1995

      Author: Richard Peterson and Daniel Catrice
      Year: 1995
      Grading:

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