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WEATHERBOARD HOUSE - DARRAVILLE
828 HEIDELBERG-KINGLAKE RD HURSTBRIDGE, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

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99 - Darraville House 828 Heid Kinlake Rd_02 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

99 - Darraville House 828 Heid Kinlake Rd - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

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Statement of Significance
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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The c1910 house and the surrounding site to the title boundaries.

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

Why is it significant?
The house is historically significant because it was constructed during (or just prior to) a period of growth brought about by the extension of the railway to Hurstbridge and is a reminder of the change that this brought to the town (Criterion A). The house is aesthetically significant because it is an integral component of a cluster of c1910 and 1920s houses that give the centre of Hurstbridge its special character (Criterion E).

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- Historical Australian Themes
  
  WEATHERBOARD HOUSE - DARRAVILLE - Historical Australian Themes
  
  TOWNSHIP DEVELOPMENT
  
  8.12 Living in and around Australian homes
  8.14 Living in the country and rural settlements
  
  Physical Description 1
  
  WEATHERBOARD HOUSE - DARRAVILLE - Physical Description 1
  
  Style Edwardian.
  Design standard.
  Plan rectangular.
  Single storeyed.
  Walls timber stud construction, weatherboard clad.
  Roof hipped with shallow eaves, corrugated iron clad.
  Features are the similarity of this building to the four other houses from the same period spaced along this side of the road, the timber verandah faced flat front, pitched roof and symmterical front elevation.
  
  Usage/Former Usage
  
  WEATHERBOARD HOUSE - DARRAVILLE - Usage/Former Usage
  
  Original Use: House
  
  Present Use: Office
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Nillumbik - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study
  
  Author: David Bick
  Year: 1992
  Grading:
- Show:
- SCOUTS' BUILDINGS - PREVIOUSLY STATE SCHOOL NO.3939 BUILDINGS
  
  Nillumbik Shire
- FORMER TEACHER'S RESIDENCE,STATE SCHOOL NO.3939 - PREVIOUSLY THE GOBUR TEACHER'S RESIDENCE
  
  Nillumbik Shire
- HURST FAMILY CEMETERY
  
  Nillumbik Shire
- 'NORWAY'
  
  Boroondara City
- 1 Mitchell Street
  
  Yarra City
- 1) WEATHERBOARD SHOP, 2) CORRUGATED IRON BUILDING AND 3) WEATHERBOARD HOUSE BEHIND, 960 HEIDELBERG-KINGLAKE RD
  
  Nillumbik Shire