Mount View house and site, at 428 Main Street, Lilydale.

Mount View house has local historical and aesthetic significance.

Of historical significance as a representative example of a house that

demonstrates the residential development of Lilydale after the coming of

the railway in 1881. Also because it was built as a home for Henry

Charles White, surveyor, a notable district resident, and his family.

Ernest Winterbottom, Shire Secretary, lived at Mount View in the 1920s.

RNE criteria A.4, H.1

Of aesthetic significance as an early weatherboard house built in 1886.

RNE criterion E.1

This large timber house, built high on a hill overlooking the township, remains substantially intact. The house is double fronted, with a central front door and elaborate architrave with highlight and sidelight windows. Either side are double-hung sash windows, also with sidelights. There is a gabled-section in the front verandah over the entry, however, the entry stairs no longer survive. The timber frieze under the edge of the verandah may have been recently replaced. The verandah balustrade has been replaced with a modern metal railing. Other features include paired eave brackets and moulded chimney tops. A large peppercorn tree or trees remain in the rear garden.

Externally, the house is substantially intact except for the changes noted. The front fence is recent.

This house is within the precinct known as The Area Subdivision. A small section of bluestone guttering survives on the Deschamp Avenue street frontage outside this property.