Monterey cypress drive & planting (mature conifers and palms), Lambert House

Location

5 MERUKA DRIVE ELTHAM, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

ELTHAM STUDY STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE:

This place includes trees of significant size that have cultural landscape value as an intact continuous driveway avenue that follows the topography in an unusual way. This driveway is rare on a Shire-wide basis for both its design and planting.

REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE (with AHC criteria) 2001

MONTEREY CYPRESS DRIVE & PLANTING (mature conifers, palms) at the Lambert house site are significant to Eltham:

- for the mature exotic trees of significant size which make up the former house garden, rare within the Shire for both the design and planting composition ( Criterion B2);

- for the cultural landscape value of the intact continuous driveway avenue that follows the topography in an unusual way and indicate the former rural land use, now rare on a Shire-wide basis ( Criterion A4,B2)

Group

Landscape - Natural

Category

Flora species site or area