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Farmhouse and Trees

Location 305 Berwick-Cranbourne Road,CRANBOURNE, Casey City Level Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The house, constructed c.1882, and related plantings including the Italian Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) and hawthorn hedges, at 305 Berwick-Cranbourne Road, Cranbourne.

How is it significant?
The house and related plantings at 305 Berwick-Cranbourne Road, Cranbourne are of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Casey.

Why is it significant?
Historically, the house and related plantings are significant as an early farm complex, which have strong associations with the pioneering Ridgway family. They demonstrate the development of primary production in the selection era. (AHC criteria A4, D2 and H1)

Aesthetically, the house is significant as a representative example of a late Victorian villa, which is notable for its decorative detail to the windows and verandah, which is unusual for a rural house within the municipality. The setting of the house is enhanced by the mature Cupressus Sempervirens and other related plantings. (AHC criterion E1)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House