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Orchard House

Location

25 Cottles Bridge - Strathewen Road COTTLES BRIDGE, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

ELTHAM STUDY STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE:

One of the very few pre 1930 brick houses in the Shire, this building is also a unique example in the Municipality of this Edwardian era/1920s design. The quality of this house in comparison with its peers is most probably reflection of the fertile river flat location.

REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE (with AHC criteria) 2001:

Orchard house is significant to the Cottles Bridge locality; as a site historically linked with Thomas Cottle, the namesake of the area, the Cooke orchard family and the probable builder of this house, Caffin ( Criterion H1);

- as one of the very few pre WW2 brick houses in the Shire, possibly a reflection of the fertile river flat location, and a good example of an inter-war orchard house design (Criterion B2, D2).

Group

Farming and Grazing

Category

Orchard