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SUNSET GUEST HOUSE, GARDEN
65 Beenak East Road GEMBROOK, Cardinia Shire

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Cardinia Shire

Sunset Guest House & Garden

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Statement of Significance
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Statement of Significance

Sunset Guest House, which was built in 1920 for Margaret Laidlaw and occupied by James P. Cochrane, is significant to Cardinia Shire as a well-preserved example of a guest house, highlighting the special role played by the northern towns in the tourist trade of the shire. The building is significant for its associations with Mrs Laidlaw, who owned the property over a long period and was still advertising the guest house in the Railways Department tourist guides of the 1940s.

Regional Significance

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- Physical Description 1
  
  SUNSET GUEST HOUSE, GARDEN - Physical Description 1
  
  This is a hipped roof and verandahed Edwardian or Bungalow-era timber house set in extensive exotic gardens (much of it recently developed) below the Beenak East Road. It was reputedly the Sunset Guest House. Mature trees include cypress (row on frontage, now depleted), oak and loquat.
  
  Physical Conditions
  
  SUNSET GUEST HOUSE, GARDEN - Physical Conditions
  
  The house is externally near original
  
  Historical Australian Themes
  
  SUNSET GUEST HOUSE, GARDEN - Historical Australian Themes
  
  Historical Themes
  
  7.2 Popular holiday resorts. Guest house era and later
  
  10.8 Guest houses, gardens
  
  Physical Description 2
  
  SUNSET GUEST HOUSE, GARDEN - Physical Description 2
  
  Associations - Laidlaw, Mrs. M
  
  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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- Quercus robur x canariensis
  
  National Trust
- Hogan and Kirkpatrick Mill
  
  Yarra Ranges Shire
- Gembrook Avenue of Honour
  
  Vic. War Heritage Inventory
- 'GUNYAH', FIRST CANTERBURY TROOP SCOUT HALL & CAMBERWELL NORTH GUIDE HALL
  
  Boroondara City
- 1) ELTHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2) PEPPERCORN TREE, 3) MATURE EXOTIC PLANTING AND 4) WHEEL RIM (TYRING) TOOL IN THE GROUNDS
  
  Nillumbik Shire
- 10 Down Street
  
  Yarra City