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Marybrooke

Other Name Baron of Beef, Guesthouse, Guest House Location 10 Sherbrooke Road, Sherbrooke VIC 3789 - Property No 58698 File Number 775 Level Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
Marybrooke guest house, 10 Sherbrooke Road, Sherbrooke.

How is it significant?
Marybrooke guest house is of local historical and aesthetic significance.

Why is it significant?
Of historical significance as the grandest in a chain of six guest houses all using the prefix 'Mary' designed and built by Eric Dowdle between 1927 and 1940. It is indicative of the extensive development of the Dandenongs as a holiday destination in the first half of the twentieth century and illustrates the level of comfort and facilities available to guests by 1940. RNE criterion A.4

Of aesthetic significance as a 4-storey timber framed building with external rough render on corrugated asbestos cements panels. Staff quarters at the back are a reminder of the number of staff needed to successfully run such a large establishment. RNE criterion E.1