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CORA LYNN CHEESE FACTORY
Bayles Tynong Road CORA LYNN, Cardinia Shire

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29997 Cora Lynn Cheese Factory
29997 Cora Lynn Cheese Factory
29997 Cora Lynn Cheese Factory
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Statement of Significance

The Cora Lynn Cheese Factory, constructed from c1910, has significance for Cardinia Shire as a property associated with the Drouin Co-operative Butter Factory, an important industrial group within the district. It is significant as a architecturally interesting example of a complex connected with the district dairying industry, and, as a surviving cheese factory, a rare type of a building once common throughout Victorian country areas and particularly within Cardinia Shire.

Regional Significance

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    • Physical Description 1

      CORA LYNN CHEESE FACTORY - Physical Description 1

      Sited just south of the Bunyip River (Main Drain) and facing the bridge at a bend in the road, the factory has been built in stages. The older stage at the rear (c1910) is weatherboard clad with a gabled corrugated iron roof and later fibrous cement sheet in the gable end-walls. This wall construction continues along the side wall into what appears to be another stage but under the Dutch-hipped roof of the main front wing. A piered brick wall (overpainted) extends along the front of the building for three bays, giving way to a board-formed reinforced concrete wall which extends for a further three bays.

      The centre parapeted bay is rendered and bears the name `Cora Lynn Cheese Factory Estd.

      1910'. This bay is flanked by capped piers which have a lozenge shaped raised panel planted on their upper length, appearing to be from the 1920s-30s. The remaining four-bays of the front elevation are also rendered, with piers, and the roof ridge-line at a lower level. The main roof ridge has a gabled monitor vent for part of its length and a formed sheet-iron one for a further section. Main windows appear to be steel framed with hopper sashes and louvres on the external face.

      The adjoining house is number 460 and may have been linked with the complex (owner JM & NE Glew).

      Physical Conditions

      CORA LYNN CHEESE FACTORY - Physical Conditions

      The factory appears to be no longer functional but the exterior is externally near original to the last stage of construction c1920-30s, apart from painted brickwork and missing details.

      Historical Australian Themes

      CORA LYNN CHEESE FACTORY - Historical Australian Themes

      Themes

      3.3 Dairying
      3.6Closer settlement and soldier settlement
      5.4 Butter factories, creameries

      Physical Description 2

      CORA LYNN CHEESE FACTORY - Physical Description 2

      Associations - Drouin Co-operative Butter Factory

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Cardinia - Cardinia Shire Heritage Study 1996

      Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
      Year: 1996
      Grading: Local

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