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WOODLANDS

Other Name

Helms family homestead

Location

280 STONY CREEK-DOLLAR ROAD, STONY CREEK, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE

Level

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Woodlands

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The homestead constructed in 1924, and the old cottage, constructed c.1902, at 'Woodlands', 280 Stony Creek-Dollar Road, Stony Creek.

Why is it significant?
The homestead and old cottage at 'Woodlands' are of local historic and aesthetic significance to South Gippsland Shire.

Historically, the 1902 cottage is now believed to be one of the oldest surviving dwellings in the Stony Creek district. The cottage and the later homestead are a locally rare example of two pre- World War 2 dwellings on the same site, which are important for their ability to illustrate the early development of rural properties from initial selection to the interwar period. They are also important for their association with the locally important Helms family. (AHC criteria - A.4 and D.2)

Aesthetically, the 1924 homestead is a locally notable example of a Federation/Interwar transitional bungalow with typical detail. It is notable for the unusual application to the verandah of a false balcony. (AHC criterion - E.1)

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