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Lorna Doone

Other Name

Lorna Doon, House

Location

333 Mt Dandenong Tourist Road, Sassafras VIC 3787 - Property No 57675

File Number

420

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/4]
House
[2/4]
House
[3/4]
Garage
[4/4]
Outbuilding

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
Lorna Doone at 333 Mt. Dandenong Tourist Road, Sassafras comprising theguesthouse constructed in 1904 and the surrounding garden including theSequoia giganteum.

How is it significant?
Lorna Doone (Doon) is of local historic and aesthetic significance.

Why is it significant?
Of local historic significance because the house is representative ofthe once numerous guest houses in the Dandenongs during the 1920s.
RNE criterion G1, A4

Of local aesthetic significance as a representative example of anEdwardian weatherboard country house and garden.
RNE criterion E.1

Group

Parks, Gardens and Trees