BON ACCORD
33 HAPPY VALLEY ROAD, WEST BENDIGO - PROPERTY NUMBER 180376, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
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Statement of Significance
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BON ACCORD - Physical Description 1
Set on a hill overlooking the Victoria Hill gold mining area, the Bon Accord complex consists of many construction stages, the most notable being the grand double-fronted Italianate wing which provides the north-facing entrance to the house. Almost deep' enough for use as a porte-cochere, the pedimented entrance porch, with its Doric detailing (columns and pilasters), is an impressive house entry, perhaps unique in Bendigo or Eaglehawk. The facade behind it has deeply ruled, smooth rusticated stucco facing with moulded architraves around, and bracketed flat pediment moulded atop each of the two windows.
A recessed doorway and panels set below each window pediment are further refinements, along with symmetrically-placed corniced chimneys, eaves brackets and associated rosettes. The main roof form is typically (for the style) hipped and the cladding slate. Behind this elevation lies a series of timber wings with corrugated iron clad, mainly gabled roofs. These appear to predate the front wing by a considerable period. To the west of the house is a gabled face-brick stable and loft, fronting on to a steep driveway on to Union Street. The garden setting is notable with a number of succulents and cacti clumped at intervals around the 'house' yard and many mature exotic trees including a Bunya Bunya pine, silky oak, a cypress specimen and a Canary Island Date Palm.
Added to these are pepper tree groves which extend beyond the property boundary.
BON ACCORD - Integrity
External - The portico roofing (slates?) has been replaced with 20th century cement Marseilles pattern tiles, but otherwise (given the above development sequence) the complex is generally original, except for minor rear additions.
BON ACCORD - Physical Description 2
Landscape - Possible original layout; plantings include 'Ficus macrophylla,' 'Douglas fir,' hedge of 'Nerium oleander,' fine specimen of 'Araucaria bidwillii,' 'Phoenix canariensis' (numerous), cacti and succulents (various), 'Eucalyptus sp.'
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Bendigo - Eaglehawk & Bendigo Heritage Study
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 1993
Grading: A
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