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PROVIDENCE HOUSE, FORMER SUNDAY SCHOOL
Healesville Koo Wee Rup Road COCKATOO, Cardinia Shire

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Cardinia Shire

Providence House

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Statement of Significance
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Statement of Significance

Providence House, and the former Sunday School (rear) are of significance to the Cardinia Shire as a remaining example of the many guest houses that were once major features of Cockatoo and other resort areas in the Shire. The house dates from 1922 and was built by the Presbyterian Church as a holiday home for mothers and children. The associated garden ( plans of which survive) also has significance and is believed to date from the 1920s.

Regional Significance

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- Physical Description 1
  
  PROVIDENCE HOUSE, FORMER SUNDAY SCHOOL - Physical Description 1
  
  This hipped roofed, Federation Bungalow style weatherboarded and verandahed former guest house, is sited on the hillside at the south-west corner of Dorchester Road in a mature mainly exotic garden. The roof is clad with corrugated iron and the verandah which covers three sides of the house has a slatted balustrade (incomplete).
  
  There is a gabled weatherboarded former Sunday school at the rear (shifted) which retains some early external colours, a trussed gable end and gabled porch entry and an added weatherboard skillion which was used as a residence.
  
  The garden includes tree ferns, hydrangeas, and a very large English oak in the rear.
  
  Physical Conditions
  
  PROVIDENCE HOUSE, FORMER SUNDAY SCHOOL - Physical Conditions
  
  The former guest house is externally near original except fro the balustrade slatting and new rear openings. The former Sunday school has an added skillion from the 1930s.
  
  Historical Australian Themes
  
  PROVIDENCE HOUSE, FORMER SUNDAY SCHOOL - Historical Australian Themes
  
  Historical Themes
  
  7.2 Popular holiday resorts. Guest house era and later
  
  9.2 Schools, kindergartens, libraries
  
  10.8 Guest houses, gardens
  
  Physical Description 2
  
  PROVIDENCE HOUSE, FORMER SUNDAY SCHOOL - Physical Description 2
  
  Associations - Presbyterian Church
  
  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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