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Farmhouse 377 Lerderderg Gorge Road
377 Lerderderg Gorge Road (North of Morven) DARLEY, MOORABOOL SHIRE

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?

The Farmhouse and its setting at 377 Lerderderg Gorge Road, Darley.

How is it significant?

The Farmhouse and its setting at 377 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 377 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 377 Lerderderg Gorge Road, Darley is of aesthetic significance as a rare surviving example of a mid to late Victorian weatherboard farmhouse. The residence demonstrates the composition and appearance of a simple weatherboard farmhouse from the Victorian period with hipped roof and verandah.

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    • Physical Description 1

      Farmhouse 377 Lerderderg Gorge Road - Physical Description 1

      An L-shaped gable-roofed farmhouse, probably nineteenth century (and possible early). The right hand bay is set forward as a hip-roofed wing. The skillion verandah is in the angle. At left is an external chimney. The left-hand wing, across the site, is five bays and symmetrical, with two doors. All five visiblewindows are 12.paned double-hung sashes.

      Intactness

      Farmhouse 377 Lerderderg Gorge Road - Intactness

      Probably good.

      Physical Conditions

      Farmhouse 377 Lerderderg Gorge Road - Physical Conditions

      CONDITIONS & THREATS: Good.

      Historical Australian Themes

      Farmhouse 377 Lerderderg Gorge Road - Historical Australian Themes

      Agricutural

      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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