Ryan's Butcher Shop & Residence.
69 Main Street DIAMOND CREEK, NILLUMBIK SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
REVISED STATEMENT OF SGNIFICANCE, CONTEXT, 2010
What is significant?
The c1893-94 Ryan's butcher's shop and residence.
How is it significant?
The shop and residence is historically and aesthetically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.
Why is it significant?
The shop and residence is historically significant for its long association with the Ryan family, a pioneering family in the Diamond Creek area, and because its construction reflects the growth of the Diamond Creek township in the later part of the 19th century (Criteria H & A). The shop and residence is aesthetically significant because it is in near original condition. Together with the St Johns Church of England (HO 132) and the former Catholic Church (49-55 Main Street) it forms an early civic and commercial grouping within Diamond Creek (Criteria A & E).
BUTLER STUDY, 2001
The Ryan Butcher Shop is of regional significance
- as an intact early shop and residence compared among others in the Shire
- for its long association with the Ryan family, a pioneer and well-known family of Diamond Creek and district
- for its reflection of the growth of Diamond Creek township in the late 19th century.
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Ryan's Butcher Shop & Residence. - Physical Description 1
This weatherboarded hipped roof (corrugated iron clad) shop and residence is sited at the Hyde Street corner adjacent to the Church of England and nearby Catholic Church. This shop and the two churches (although altered) make an early civic and commercial group which is prominently sited on the hillside approach to the town.
The shop has red brick chimneys with corbelled tops, rare timber framed show-windows, a four panel corner entry door-pair and,at the corner, a return skillion-form street verandah. Further to the north a residential verandah, set inside the frontage, shelters the entrance to the residential .section of the shop. Nineteenth century commercial buildings are rare in the Shire.
The shop & residence has been painted in traditional colours and only minor external changes made.Ryan's Butcher Shop & Residence. - Historical Australian Themes
Haven and refuge- rural attractions for various groups
3.12.5 Retailing food and beverages
4.5 Making settlements to serve rural Australia
8.14 Living in the country and rural settlementsHeritage Study and Grading
Nillumbik - Nillumbik Shire Heritage Study
Author: Graeme Butler & Assoc
Year: 1997
Grading:
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