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Erinvale

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285 Gully Road CERES, GREATER GEELONG CITY

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285 Gully Road, Ceres
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Fig 1 Barrabool Parish Plan
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Figure 2: A. McWilliams, Plan
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Figure 3: Thomas Heard
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Figure 6: 'Erinvale', 285
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Figure 7: 'Thornbury Grange',
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Statement of Significance

What is Significant?
'Erinvale', 285 Gully Road, has significance as a moderately intact and locally rare surviving example of a late Victorian styled timber dwelling in Ceres associated with the second generation of farming in the Barrabool Hills. Built in late 1896 or early 1897 for William Heard (1863-1914), farmer and son of the local pioneer farmer, Thomas (1825-1903), the dwelling is a physical legacy of the continued progress in farming in the district in the late 19th century. The significant fabric of 'Erinvale' includes: asymmetrical composition, elevated single storey height, hipped roof forms, hipped, convex, post-supported return verandah, corrugated galvanised steel roof cladding, timber weatherboard wall cladding, narrow eaves, brick chimneys, door front opening, decorative cast iron verandah valances and brackets and the verandah balustrading. Other external fabric of 'Erinvale' has no significance.

How is it significant?
'Erinvale', 285 Gully Road Ceres, is historically and aesthetically significant at a LOCAL level.

Why is it significant?
'Erinvale' at 285 Gully Road has historical significance for its associations with second generation farming at Ceres in the Barrabool Hills from the late 19th century (Criterion A). It is one of the few known surviving examples, having been built for William Heard (1863-1914), farmer, on land owned by his pioneer farmer father, Thomas Heard (1825-1903). Thomas Heard had emigrated from England in 1844 with his older brothers, Samuel and John, and sister Elizabeth. The Heard brothers each took up farming in the Barrabool Shire, the only other known surviving nearby dwelling associated with the family being 'Ballanclea', built in 1860 for John Heard. 'Erinvale' is a physical legacy of farming progress by the second generation of the Heard family, William Heard, respected farmer, Sunday School teacher and Vestryman of the neighbouring Holy Trinity Anglican Church. He had this house built on elevated ground above the Ceres Bridge in late 1896 or early 1897 on his father's land. It remained in Heard family ownership until 1921-22.

'Erinvale' at 285 Gully Road is aesthetically significance as a moderately intact and representative example of a late Victorian style, being one of few timber examples of its type in the Ceres area (Criterion D), the most comparable nearby being the dwelling at 230 Merrawarp Road, Barrabool (built in c.1896). 'Erinvale' reflects several late Victorian design qualities on its elevated setting, most noticeably the hipped roof forms, post-supported return verandah, roof and wall cladding, brick chimneys and some verandah detailing.

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Farming and Grazing

Erinvale

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