WATTLE BANK
18 INNES ROAD, GEMBROOK, CARDINIA SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
2007 Cardinia Shire Heritage Study review - Context Pty Ltd
What is significant? Wattle Bank, constructed c1908 with later alterations, at 18 Innes Road, Gembrook, including the weatherboard house, and remnant garden with mature exotic trees (elm, camellias, Monterey cypress, Monterey Pine).
How is it significant? Wattle Bank is of local historic significance to Cardinia Shire.
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1996 Cardinia Shire (North) Heritage Study - Graeme Butler & Associates
Why is it significant? Wattle Bank is of significance to the locality of Gembrook because of its associations with the Dyer family, pioneer district sawmillers, who owned the property from about 1924 (RNE criterion H.1). Prominent in the Shire's valuable timber industry, Fred and Maurice Dyer supplied palings for the trench supports used during the construction of Melbourne's sewerage system. The large timber farm house, which now has a 1920s-1930s character, may also contain elements of an earlier farmhouse built for the first owner of the property in 1903, John T. Finger. Born at Doncaster in 1867, Finger was the son of one of the founders of the historic Waldau German Lutheran farming settlement (RNE A.4)
Local Significance
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WATTLE BANK - Physical Description 1
This large timber farm house shows a staged construction, with the centre transverse broad-gabled section flanked by differently sized gabled wings, the whole having a 1920-30s character. The corrugated iron roof is made more obvious by the siting of the house low on the hillside. Mature exotic trees and garden remnants are close to the house. These include an elm, a large Monterey cypress, a Monterey Pine, and camellias.
The roofing iron is rusting and will need replacement soon, and the supports of the gabled porch at the west end of the house are collapsing. The weatherboard cladding is in need of painting. Other than that, the house appears to be solid, though the north elevation could not be inspected. (Context Pty Ltd 2007)----------------------------------------------------------------
This large timber farm house shows a staged construction, with the centre transverse broad-gabled section flanked by differently sized gabled wings, the whole having a 1920-30s character. The corrugated iron roof is made more obvious by the siting of the house low on the hillside.
Mature exotic trees and garden remnants are close to the house. These include an elm, camellias, a large Monterey cypress, and a large but dead redwood. (Graeme Butler & Associates 1996)
WATTLE BANK - Physical Conditions
Good (Context Pty Ltd 2007)
-------------------------------------------------------------------The house has been changed and added to over time but mainly in the early part of this century.
(Graeme Butler & Associates 1996)WATTLE BANK - Integrity
Substantially intact
WATTLE BANK - Physical Description 2
Key elements - Building & Tree(s)
WATTLE BANK - Historical Australian Themes
National Themes - 3.4 Utlising natural resources
(Context Pty Ltd 2007)
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4.1 Timber(includes splitting, milling, charcoal burning, wattle bark stripping)
4.1.2 Theme not listed
11.0 Evidence of: Life style, housing and landscape choice of notable figures residing in the district
(Graeme Butler & Associates 1996)
WATTLE BANK - Physical Description 3
Associations - Finger, John Trangott; Dyer, Morris
(Graeme Butler & Associates 1996)
Heritage Study and Grading
Cardinia - Cardinia Local Heritage Study Review
Author: Context P/L
Year: 2007
Grading: LocalCardinia - Cardinia Shire Heritage Study 1996
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 1996
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