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ROSEVILLE COTTAGE
42 MERCER STREET QUEENSCLIFF, QUEENSCLIFFE BOROUGH

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ROSEVILLE COTTAGE SOHE 2008
ROSEVILLE COTTAGE SOHE 2008
ROSEVILLE COTTAGE SOHE 2008
1 roseville cottage mercer street queenscliff front view
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Statement of Significance

Roseville, constructed in 1863-64, was built for navigational pilot, Hugh Williams. The house is basically a single storeyed stuccoed stone residence with an attached octagonal observation tower which is currently without its spire. The original six roomed house had stables and a coach house, but these no longer exist. Substantial alterations and additions were made to the house in 1900.

Roseville is of architectural and historical significance to Victoria

Roseville is architecturally significant as an extraordinary example of a large privately built pilot's house, built on an elevated site overlooking the sea from its unusual attached tower. The house is important for its demonstration of the extreme variations between the small two-roomed cottages provided by the Government for pilots and those which only a few could afford to build for themselves. Roseville is also of interest as one of the few substantially built early residences in Queenscliff which exhibit characteristics that suggest that an architectural input may have been involved in their construction, rather than just local builders.

Roseville is historically significant for its long association with residents that were occupied with providing pilot services to the entrance of Port Phillip Bay.

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    • History

      ROSEVILLE COTTAGE - History

      Associated People: Tenant CHARLES KENNEDY, DR A ROBERTSON;

      Permit Exemptions

      ROSEVILLE COTTAGE - Permit Exemptions

      General Exemptions:

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      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.

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