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DEVLIN'S COTTAGE AND DAIRY RUINS

Other Names DEVLIN'S ,  DEVLIN'S COTTAGE & DAIRY (FORMER) Location 1716 BLOWHOLES ROAD, CAPE BRIDGEWATER, GLENELG SHIRE Level Recommended for Heritage Overlay

[1/1] 52608 Devlin House and Dairy

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
Devlin's cottage and dairy are located on Panoramic Drive, approximately one kilometre west of the township of Bridgewater. The dairy is ruinous, and the cottage has been substantially altered. The cottage is a simple symmetrical stone building with a central doorway and a simple rectangular fan light. The door is flanked by a nine paned window on either side. The high pitched hipped roof, now clad in corrugated iron was presumably shingled. A stone skillion has been built on the west side of the cottage, with a simple low doorway. The cottage has been substantially altered, the eastern wall has been almost entirely replaced with a modern door and set of large windows. A dormer window has been inserted into the roof on the eastern face and the interior has been totally remodelled. The cottage and dairy shed are thought to have been built by Bernard and Charlotte Devlin, who arrived in Bridgewater in the mid 1850s. The cottage has a fair level of integrity but is in good condition.

How is it significant?
The cottage and dairy shed ruins are of historical and architectural significance to the Glenelg Shire.

Why is it significant?
Devlin's cottage and dairy shed ruin is of historical significance as an early small farm, taken up by early immigrants, the Devlins. It is of further historical interest as it illustrates a previous way of life, that of a small self-sufficient farming enterprise, located very close to a township. The cottage is of architectural significance as a good representative example of the style of buildings constructed in the mid nineteenth century by immigrants from Ireland and England in the area, reflecting the construction techniques and ways of life, and that adaptation to their new land.