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Cracknell orchard house

Location

395 / 405 KANGAROO GROUND-ST ANDREWS ROAD PANTON HILL, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE (with AHC criteria)

The Cracknell orchard house is significant to the Nillumbik Shire:

- for the long association with Sam Cracknell who had a Colony-wide prominence in the 19th century in equestrian business pursuits ( Criterion H1);

- for the design of the house which is a rare and intact example in the Shire of what is a standard design Victorian-era timber house in some Melbourne suburbs ( Criterion B2);

- as a well preserved house from an early orchard in the district ( Criterion 02).

Group

Farming and Grazing

Category

Orchard