Ryder's House and Barton Hill Complex

SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENT

What is significant?

Fabric &trees associated with:

- the Victorian & Edwardian-eras

- John Ryder, and Charles Draper tenure

How is it significant?

Ryders former house is historically and architecturally significant to the Nillumbik Shire and Arthurs Creek:

Why is it significant?

Ryders former house is significant:

- for its long association with local pioneering families such as Ryder and Draper, as underscored by the act of conservation of the building on a new site by the Draper family (Criterion A4)

- for the rarity of the combination of its age and vertical split slab construction, being one of a small number of surviving dwellings using a construction type more commonly seen in Victorian-era sheds and outbuildings (Criterion B2)

- as a good expression of the availability of cheap local timber in the early settlement period of Victoria and this district and the skill needed to utilise it (Criterion A4);

The Barton Hill complex is locally significant historically:

- for the long association with the pioneering Draper family

- as an illustration of orchard farming in the early 20th century within the Shire, as illustrated by the stone outbuilding, the Edwardian-era timber farm house, and Ryders hut (rebuilt as its detached kitchen) (Criterion A4)

- for the house design, as one of the most recently built houses designed with a free standing kitchen in Victoria (Criterion B2)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Hut/Shack