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Eloera Homestead

Other Name View Hill Farm, House Location 265-269 Glenfern Rd, UPWEY VIC 3158 - Property No 53320 File Number 204 Level Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The Eloera Homestead at 265-9 Glenfern Road.

How is it significant?
The Eloera Homestead at 265 - 9 Glenfern Road is significant local historic and aesthetic reasons.

Why is it significant?
Of local historic significance because it was built by one of the area's selectors. The Eloera Homestead represents the development of tourism in the area, having changed from a farmhouse to a guesthouse. RNE criterion A.4

The Eloera Homestead is of aesthetic significance as an example of a largely intact nineteenth century gothic homestead. Although the original house has been added to over a number of years, the recent additions have largely been sympathetic to the original design.
RNE criterion E.1