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Weatherboard Cottage

Location 631 HEIDELBERG-KINGLAKE ROAD WATTLE GLEN, NILLUMBIK SHIRE Level Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

The house at 631 Heidelberg-Kinglake Road Wattle Glen is significant.631 Heidelberg-Kinglake Road Wattle Glen is historically and representatively significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.The house, a humble cottage dating to the turn of the twentieth century, was built on land first subdivided for residential purposes in 1890. The house is associated with the first residential subdivisions in the Wattle Glen area and the subsequent extension of urban services such as the post office and railway into this area. (Criterion A) The house is significant as a representative of a turn of the century cottage in the Shire that combines late Victorian form with Edwardian decorative features such as the verandah and triple windows, comparable with a small collection of turn of the twentieth century cottages around Nillumbik. (Criterion D)