Four Oaks

'Four Oaks', comprising the dwelling constructed c.1888 and two surviving oak trees, at 13 Cardigan Street and their canopies, which extend onto land at 10 & 12 Aldridge Street (part) ,Endeavour Hills is significant. 

'Four Oaks' is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Casey.

Historically, the house at 'Four Oaks' is significant as the original farm homestead on the large Grassmere Estate and illustrates the early pastoral development of this area. It was most probably built for Dr. John Tremearne, owner in 1883, of the site that was once part of Power's pastoral run. It was sold in 1888 at the height of the land boom and is now surrounded by the suburban Endeavour Hills. (AHC criteria A4, D2 and H1)

Aesthetically, 'Four Oaks' is significant as a now rare example of an early Victorian weatherboard villa within the Endeavour Hills area. Whilst the house has lost its original landscape context it still retains many late Victorian architectural features and, most significantly, two of the four oaks after which it was named, including the extensive canopies which are located over land at 10 & 12 Aldridge Street next door.  (AHC criterion E1)