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Bloods Cottage

Location 519 STATION STREET, NOW AT 1 AILSA STREET BOX HILL SOUTH - PROPERTY NUMBER B4883, WHITEHORSE CITY File Number B4883 Level Local

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Statement of Significance

Blood's Cottage, on the site of one constructed by Robert Blood in 1854, is socially and historically important for its links with some of the earliest settlers in Box Hill, and probably the only remaining evidence of the early township. The cottage was totally rebuilt, probably some time between 1897 and 1903, incorporating many old materials, some thought to be from the original cottage.
Blood's Cottage is also important at a local level, operating as an icon for the immediate community by representing for them a tangible link with the early development of Box Hill and the area's pioneers.
Classified: 18/08/1993
File note 2008: Dismantled & stored at Council Depot, 1 Ailsa Street, Box Hill South.