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WOODLANDS, LATER FERN HILL

Other Name Topp Road, Bunyip North Location Topp Road BUNYIP, Cardinia Shire Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/1] Woodlands - Later Fern Hill

Statement of Significance

Built in the late 1890s, Woodlands (later Fern Hill) is significant to the Cardinia Shire as an early farm house which uses brick construction, a relatively unusual wall material for the area. Its brick construction also make it a good illustration of a city businessman investing in rural property and having the capital to improve the farm above what was typical in the area.

The property also symbolises the development of orcharding in the district.

Woodlands is also significant for its comparative age, judged among other extant farm houses within the shire, as an expression of the lives of locally important people (Topp), its local landmark quality being elevated and axial to Topp Road; and, although altered, as a demonstration of design accomplishment for the type (small farm house) and area.

Regional Significance