Rock Rose Cottage
1920 Glenelg HIghway, SCARSDALE VIC 3351 - Property No 66209606
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
Rock Rose Cottage, 1920 Glenelg Highway, Scarsdale is situated on the northern side of the Glenelg Highway, directly opposite the entrance to the Scarsdale-Smythesdale Cemetery. The simple c1850-60 vernacular cottage is a single-storey symmetrical building with a transverse gable roof at the front and two hipped roofs at the rear. According to local historical accounts, a brewery and possibly one of the townships 17 hotels operated from the site in the mid nineteenth century. What is certain is the existence of a cellar located under the front rooms of the cottage 'where barrels of beer were stored before being delivered in wagons' to the early hotels in Scarsdale. Between 1885-1912 a depot for the distribution of Coghlan & Tulloch Ballarat Brewing Company Ltd liquor operated from the front section of the cottage, firstly by Micahel Roach and later by Arthur Hatfield. In 1923, Arthur's daughter Emma 'Isabella' Hatfield married Daniel Allen Carey. The Carey family resided in the cottage until the mid 1980s. Several owners have occupied the cottage since its sale in 1985 and undertaken extensive alterations, the most notable being the filling of the cellar in the late 1980s. The cottage is largely intact and retains a high degree of integrity. It is in good condition. The cottage is supported by traditional gardens in front and at the rear
How is it significant?
Rose Rock Cottage and former brewery is of historical, social and architectural significance to the Golden Plains Shire.
Why is it significant?
Rose Rock Cottage and former brewery is of historical significance for its association with the prominent Coghlan & Tulloch Ballarat Brewing Company Ltd and as a regional depot for the distribution of liquor to the many hotels operating in Scarsdale during the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries. It is of social significance for reflecting brewing as a cottage industry, a way of life long past following the industrialization and centralization of brewing in major cities. Rose Rock Cottage is of architectural significance as an example of a substantial vernacular cottage built of brick rather than timber. The cottage also has significance for its plantings including the self-sufficient planting of fruit trees.
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Rock Rose Cottage - Physical Description 1
Rock Rose Cottage is situated at 1920 Glenelg Highway, Scarsdale. The simple vernacular cottage is a single-storey symmetrical building with a transverse gable roof at the front and two hipped roofs at the rear. The roofs are corrugated iron and the brick walls are painted. The facade has shallow piers at either end. The windows are all twelve-paned double-hung sashes and their heads are slightly arched. A traditional skillion built in brick at the rear has been extended in timber. The garden includes several mature exotics including large fruit trees in the rear garden.
Rock Rose Cottage - Historical Australian Themes
The Australian Heritage Commission devised the Australian Historic Themes in 2001. The following themes have influenced the historical development of the Smythesdale General Cemetery.
3 Developing Local, Regional And National Economies
3.12 Feeding people
3.12.2 Developing sources of fresh local produce
3.12.5 Retailing foods and beverages
8 Developing Australia's Cultural Life
8.4 Eating and drinking
8.12 Living in and around Australian homes
8.14 Living in the county and rural settlements
Rock Rose Cottage - Intactness
The cottageand garden are substantially intact.
Rock Rose Cottage - Integrity
The cottage and garden retain a very high degree of integrity.
Rock Rose Cottage - Physical Description 2
Extent of registration: The cottage, but excluding the interiors, and the garden and all of the land formerly known as Allotment 6 of Section 4 of the Parish of Scarsdale and now known as Lot 3 TP 123896.
Heritage Study and Grading
Golden Plains - Golden Plains Shire Heritage Study Phase 2
Author: Heritage Matters P/L
Year: 2009
Grading: Local
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MAIN LEAD COVictorian Heritage Inventory
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DEEP LEAD MINESVictorian Heritage Inventory
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GOLDEN GATE COVictorian Heritage Inventory
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