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House

Location

148 Hargreaves Road, EMU CREEK VIC 3551 - Property No 190879

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?

The house at 148 Hargreaves Road, Emu Creek, including all of the fabric of the pre-1875 timber framed, weatherboard building is significant.

How is it significant?

The house at 148 Hargreaves Road, Emu Creek, is of local historic and architectural significance to the City of Greater Bendigo.

Why is it significant?

The house at 148 Hargreaves Road, Emu Creek was probably built before 1875 by Patrick Brennan and his historically significant for its long association with the Brennan family, ending when the property was transferred to Herbert Somerville in 1925. Criterion A

The house is architecturally significant as an example of an early vernacular building, comprising two gable roofed buildings sited perpendicular to each other. It is possible that this house is built from the combination of two houses, with the house at the rear of an earlier and simpler design. Notable features include two front doors, the cornice to the chimney at the front and the patterned brickwork to each of the chimneys. Criterion D

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House