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Ercildoune

Other Name

Hayton Park

Location

2/660 Hall Road,CRANBOURNE, Casey City

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The homestead at Ercildoune, (formerly Hayton Park) constructed c.1888, at 660 Hall Road, Cranbourne.

How is it significant?
The homestead at Ercildoune is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Casey.

Why is it significant?
Historically, it is significant as one of a small number of surviving late nineteenth century farmhouses that has associations with the locally important Hall Family who established a model dairy farm here. It demonstrates the development of the dairying industry in the Cranbourne area during the late nineteenth century. (AHC criteria A4 and D2)

Aesthetically, it is significant as a superior and well-preserved example of a Victorian Italianate villa in a rural setting. (AHC criterion E1)

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