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O'BRIEN'S COTTAGE
Hamilton Highway, PENSHURST VIC 3289 - Property No 0023
O'BRIEN'S COTTAGE
Hamilton Highway, PENSHURST VIC 3289 - Property No 0023
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Southern Grampians Shire
23371 O Brien s Cottage Hamilton Hwy Boram Boram 0996
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
O'Briens cottage is located on the south side of the Hamilton Highway, approximately 3.0kms north-west of the township of Penshurst and opposite the intersection with Cemetery and Cook Lanes. The cottage is a simple, vernacular 1860s bluestone cottage set in a garden from the same period. It was owned for many years by the O'Brien family. There has been no architect or builder associated with the design. The cottage is in fair condition, remaining relatively intact, including the usual extensions and modifications but one chimney has collapsed with part of north-west wall. The cottage retains a high degree of integrity.
How is it significant?
O'Brien's Cottage, Hamilton Highway is of historical and architectural significance to the Southern Grampians Shire and to the township of Penshurst.
Why is it significant?
O'Brien's Cottage, Hamilton Highway is of historical and architectural significance as a typical and intact example of a traditional small rural cottage and garden and for its associations with the important local family, the O'Briens. The vernacular cottage and garden are typical of the period and district, and provide insight into a previous way of life.
O'Briens cottage is located on the south side of the Hamilton Highway, approximately 3.0kms north-west of the township of Penshurst and opposite the intersection with Cemetery and Cook Lanes. The cottage is a simple, vernacular 1860s bluestone cottage set in a garden from the same period. It was owned for many years by the O'Brien family. There has been no architect or builder associated with the design. The cottage is in fair condition, remaining relatively intact, including the usual extensions and modifications but one chimney has collapsed with part of north-west wall. The cottage retains a high degree of integrity.
How is it significant?
O'Brien's Cottage, Hamilton Highway is of historical and architectural significance to the Southern Grampians Shire and to the township of Penshurst.
Why is it significant?
O'Brien's Cottage, Hamilton Highway is of historical and architectural significance as a typical and intact example of a traditional small rural cottage and garden and for its associations with the important local family, the O'Briens. The vernacular cottage and garden are typical of the period and district, and provide insight into a previous way of life.
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