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ALMA SHANAHAN ADOBE RESIDENCE
135 BARREENONG ROAD COTTLES BRIDGE, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

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Alma Shanahan Adobe Residence 135 Barreenong Rd Colour 2 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

Alma Shanahan Adobe Residence 135 Barreenong Rd Colour 1 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

Alma Shanahan Adobe Residence 135 Barreenong Rd Colour 3 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

Alma Shanahan Adobe Residence 135 Barreenong Rd Colour 4 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

21 - Alma Shanahan Adobe Residence 135 Barreenong Rd - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

21 - Alma Shanahan Adobe Residence 135 Barreenong Rd_02 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

21 - Alma Shanahan Adobe Residence 135 Barreenong Rd_03 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

21 - Alma Shanahan Adobe Residence 135 Barreenong Rd_04 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

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Statement of Significance

REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE, CONTEXT, 2010

What is significant?
The c1953 house and the surrounding site to the title boundaries (The site has connections with other artist's homes that were constructed nearby. See HO8, HO10, HO 40, HO41 and HO148).

How is it significant?
The c1953 house is historically, architecturally and aesthetically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.

Why is it significant?
The house is historically significant because it was connected with the potter Alma Shanahan and the Dunmoochin Artist's community whose members (Alma Shanahan, Kevin Nolan, John Howley, John Olsen, Mirka Mora, Peter Laycock, Helen Laycock, Peter Wiseman and Chris Wiseman) made an important contribution to Victoria's cultural history (Criteria A & H). The house is also historically, aesthetically and architecturally significant because it is a good example of the design and ethos of mud brick dwellings that are now synonymous with Eltham and features the extensive use of recycled materials, which was characteristic of the 'Eltham style' of architecture (Criteria D & E).

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- Historical Australian Themes
  
  ALMA SHANAHAN ADOBE RESIDENCE - Historical Australian Themes
  
  ARTISTS AND THE ELTHAM LANDSCAPE AND LIFESTYLE
  
  EMERGENCE OF AN ELTHAM LIFESTYLE
  
  3.14.2 Using Australian materials in construction
  
  8.10.4 Designing and building fine buildings
  
  8.12 Living in and around Australian homes
  8.10.2 Creating visual arts
  
  Usage/Former Usage
  
  ALMA SHANAHAN ADOBE RESIDENCE - Usage/Former Usage
  
  Original and Later Use:
  
  Residence
  
  Physical Description 1
  
  ALMA SHANAHAN ADOBE RESIDENCE - Physical Description 1
  
  Style Eltham style utilitarian.
  
  Design one-off, evolved.
  
  Plan rectangular.
  
  Single storeyed.
  
  Walls adobe (solid mud brick).
  
  Roof lean to with eaves, corrugated iron clad. Features are the basic unadorned nature of this large building, which differs from Frank Werther's and Clifton Pugh's evolved residences.
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Nillumbik - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study
  
  Author: David Bick
  Year: 1992
  Grading:
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- FRANK WERTHER RESIDENCE
  
  Nillumbik Shire
- BIZAN STYLE POTTERY KILN OF HEJA CHONG
  
  Nillumbik Shire
- DUNMOOCHIN
  
  Nillumbik Shire
- "AQUA PROFONDA" SIGN, FITZROY POOL
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H1687
- 'Aqua Profonda' sign wall sign, Fitzroy Swimming Pool
  
  Yarra City H1687
- 1 Campbell Street
  
  Yarra City