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Location 3-5 Mundaring Drive,CRANBOURNE, Casey City Level Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The house, constructed 1906-07, at 3-5 Mundaring Drive, Cranbourne, and the Cypressus torulosa and the Prunus domestica.

How is it significant?
The house at 3-5 Mundaring Drive, Cranbourne, and the Cypressus torulosa and the Prunus domestica is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Casey.

Why is it significant?
Historically, it is significant as the only surviving example of an early twentieth century house on the west side of High Street and one of only a small number in Cranbourne as a whole. It provides rare evidence of a significant phase in the development of Cranbourne from the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries when it was the pre-eminent market town in the area. It is also of interest for being the residence of long-serving Shire Engineer, Harry Cockcroft, for a long period from the 1940s onwards. (AHC criteria A4, D2 and H1)

Aesthetically, it is significant as a representative example of a transitional Victorian/Federation weatherboard dwelling that retains a number of original features. (AHC criterion E1) The Cyressus torulosa (Bhutan cypress) at the north west of the residence, and the Prunus domestica (Plum) immediately south east of the residence,are early twentieth century plantings which provide a setting for the residence. The Cypressus torulosa is significant in its own right for its outstanding size and form.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House