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LUTHERAN MANSE (FORMER)

Other Name PASTOR HILLER'S HOUSE Location 8 Hiller Lane HAMILTON, Southern Grampians Shire File Number 52 Level Stage 2 study complete

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The former Lutheran Manse at 8 Hiller Lane, South Hamilton was probably built for Pastor C G Hiller when he was called to the congregation in 1865. Notwithstanding a decline in membership due to immigration into the Wimmera, he remained the congregation's pastor until 1917, some thirteen years longer than his colleague and predecessor, Pastor C W Schurmann at Hochkirk. The bluestone building comprises a ground floor of four main rooms with a standard symmetrical plan about a front and a rear hall. There is an attic storey completely enclosed within the steep roof and lit by small windows in the end gables. Dormer windows appear to have been introduced later. The simple timber verandah has been modified but retains its shingles. Importantly, there is a central chimney breast in the rear hall, positioned similarly to those in the vernacular houses of the Barossa Valley. The building is in good condition. The original 31 acres is now much reduced, the present allotment being a standard house block. There is a large old Peppercorn tree, Schinus molle at the side of the drive, which probably dates from the beginning of the house.

How is it significant?
The former Lutheran Parsonage, 8 Hiller Lane is of historical and architectural significance to the Southern Grampians Shire.

Why is it significant?
The former Lutheran Parsonage, 8 Hiller Lane is of historical significance as the oldest surviving of several Lutheran parsonages in the Shire (possibly one of the oldest in Victoria) and particularly for its association with Pastor C G Hiller.
It is of architectural significance for its traditional form, probably derived from German vernacular residential buildings.