MORDEN

MALMSBURY-METCALFE ROAD MALMSBURY, MACEDON RANGES SHIRE

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    MORDEN - History

    Heritage Inventory History of Site: The site is located on allotment 35 of the parish of Edgecombe. This was one of four allotments purchased on 28/10/1852 by R. Brodie.
    

    Interpretation of Site

    MORDEN - Interpretation of Site

    Heritage Inventory Interpretation: The extensive complex of surviving stone walls probably dates to the original subdividing of the area in 1852. The one roomed cottage predates the larger house, which probably dates to the late 1800s or the early 1900s. There were possibly earlier structures on the site, as there are traces of bluestone foundations.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    MORDEN - Heritage Inventory Description

    Weatherboard four roomed house with two rooms added on at the rear later. Verandah (mainly collapsed) on three sides. Small one roomed building (weatherboard) with brick fireplace and chimney. Inside a cast iron stove remains intact (Castle Bros. Kyneton). To the north behind the house there is a basalt platform or footings (approximately 9x5 metres) and a basalt dry stone wall and water tank stand. Also garden remnants in front of house. Mature elms, pines and plane trees scattered about.

    Heritage Inventory Significance: Moderate archaeological significance and moderate regional historical significance.

    Heritage Inventory Site Features: - weatherboard house, originally four rooms and central hall. Later additions at the rear. Collapsed verandah on three sides. - small shed/outbuilding. Timber, with external chimney and containing an iron stove. - basalt foundations/platform, approximately 9 x 5 metres. - garden remnants and trees.

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