Dwelling,14 and 16 Lerderderg Street

The Residence and its setting at 14-16 Lerderderg Street, Bacchus Marsh.

How is it significant?

The Residence and its setting at 14-16 Lerderderg Street, Bacchus Marsh are of local historical and aesthetic significance to the Shire of Moorabool.

Why is it significant?

The Residence and its setting at 14-16 Lerderderg Street, Bacchus Marsh is of local historical significance for its reflection of the Inter-War period of residential development stimulated by the expansion of the orcharding industry. The orcharding industry expanded around Bacchus Marsh in the Inter-War period due to a number of factors, including the introduction of cool storage, the mechanisation of fruit grading, improved irrigation methods, use of bulk handling techniques, and after 1932, preferential entry into the British markets for fresh, dried and tinned fruit. Due to its intactness it is of historical significance as a representative embodiment of a way of life in the 1920s.

The Residence and its setting at 14-16 Lerderderg Street, Bacchus Marsh is of aesthetic significance as an excellent intact and representative example of a substantial Inter-War Bungalow demonstrating many key features of the style.

Constructed in 1928, the residence exhibits characteristic Inter-War Bungalow features, including the combined clinker brick and roughcast walls, broad shallow curved bow window, dominant pitched roof form clad in terracotta Marseilles tiles, deep verandah with a hipped roof, concrete columns and a brick balustrade, triple double hung windows with leadlight upper sashes, and roughcast chimneys with flat broad cornices. The original clinker brick front fence with pillars and wrought iron panels contributes to the aesthetic significance of the property.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House