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INGLESIDE (FORMER)

Other Name

Gully Humprey, House, homestead, cottage

Location

46 SCANNELS ROAD, TOORA NORTH, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE

Level

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Ingleside
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Historic image, 46 Scannels Rd
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Entrance to north cottage
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Looking to the north along
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Formerly detached rear kitchen
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South side elevation of north
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South cottage

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The former 'Ingleside', comprising the two cottages, constructed c.1895, at 46 Scannels Road, Toora North, is significant. The cottages are laid end to end with a space between. The northern cottage is the most intact. Originally, it appears to have been two rooms deep with three rooms contained under the main gable and further rooms within the rear skillion. There is one centrally placed brick chimney. The symmetrical facade has characteristic central door flanked by pairs of six-over-six pane windows, and there are further six-over-six windows in the north and south end walls. A straight verandah extends across the front and returns along the north side. The verandah is devoid of decoration apart from scalloped weatherboards at the south end. The rear skillion section has been extended and now connects to a smaller, formerly detached, gable structure at the rear, possibly an early kitchen and now used as bathroom. The southern cottage is more altered, but still retains its overall gabled form and some detailing such as multi-paned windows and contributes to the setting of the two cottages.

Alterations and additions made to the buildings after World War II are not significant.

How is it significant?
The former 'Ingleside' at 46 Scannels Road, Toora North is of local historic and architectural significance to South Gippsland Shire.

Why is it significant?
Historically, the cottages are associated with the first phase of land selection and settlement in the hills north of Toora. The significance of the cottages is enhanced by their rarity value as some of the few buildings that pre-date the disastrous bushfires of 1898. (Criteria A, B & D)

Architecturally, the northern cottage is significant as a relatively intact and rare example of an early Victorian timber cottage with characteristic symmetrical single-gable form and original detailing including the six-over-six pane sash windows. (Criteria B, D & E)

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