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House at 27 Esplanade

Other Name

Fearon Reserve

Location

27 Esplanade WILLIAMSTOWN, Hobsons Bay City

Level

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House at 27 Esplanade
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House at 27 Esplanade

Statement of Significance

What is Significant?

The Fearon Reserve, including the four Aleppo Pines and the remnant Cypress hedge, established c.1900 and the former Tennis Pavilion constructed in 1928 at the Fearon Reserve, 27 Esplanade, Williamstown.

How is it Significant?

The Fearon Reserve is of local historic, aesthetic and scientific (horticultural) significance to the City of Hobson's Bay.

Why is it Significant?

Historically, the Fearon Reserve is one of the earliest recreational areas established in Williamstown and the Aleppo pines and the Cypresses are associated with the early period of its development as well as illustrating Victorian planting fashions and the early planted landscape at the reserve. The Tennis Pavilion demonstrates the continued development of the reserve during the Interwar period. (AHC criterion A4)

Aesthetically, the unusual form of the pines, shaped by the offshore winds, is an important and distinctive element of the landscape character of the reserve and relates to the nearby significant pinetum in the Williamstown Botanic Gardens, as well as other conifer plantings throughout this area. (AHC criterion E1)

Scientifically, the Aleppo Pines are of horticultural interest as rare mature examples of this species (AHC criterion B2).

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