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Nilgiris

Location 183 YAN YEAN ROAD PLENTY, NILLUMBIK SHIRE Level Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

Nilgiris at 183 Yan Yean Road, Plenty is significant to the Shire of Nillumbik. The original form, materials and detailing of the farmhouse and its rural setting contribute to the significance of the place. Post-war additions and alterations are not significant. The former egg incubator shed contributes to the historical understanding of the place. Other outbuildings are not significant.Nilgiris at 183 Yan Yean Road, Plenty is of local historical and representative significance to the Shire of Nillumbik.Nilgiris is significant as a farm property established during the development of Plenty in the 1920s after the major subdivisions in the early twentieth century. It is significant as an example of a War Service Home erected in the 1920s. It is an example of a successful poultry farm established and operated from the 1930s by John Edgcumbe, a returned serviceman. It is an important example of the once-common farming practice of poultry farming in the area. (Criterion A) Nilgiris is significant as a representative example of a 1920s weatherboard bungalow. It demonstrates the shift in architectural tastes and influences from suburban Melbourne. (Criterion D)