Dwelling, 75 Browns Lane
75 Browns Lane PARWAN, MOORABOOL SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Residence at 75 Browns Lane, Parwan.
How is it significant?
The Residence at 75 Browns Lane, Parwan is of local historical and aesthetic significance to the Shire of Moorabool.
Why is it significant?
The Residence at 75 Browns Lane, Parwan is of local historical significance as a rare surviving 19th century building in Parwan representing the early farming settlement of the area. The farmhouse was constructed for James Brown in circa 1874. Brown settled in the area in the 1860s and was a significant Parwan landholder. The property is significant for its associations with the early settler after whom Browns Lane is named.
The Residence at 75 Browns Lane, Parwan is of aesthetic significance as, although altered, it demonstrates the c1870s construction in the overall form, materials and surviving original features. Significant surviving original features, include the main gable roof form, weatherboard cladding, verandah with timber brackets, two chimneys, exposed rafters, and double hung sash windows with four upper panes and two lower panes.
1995
An early cottage, altered. The only nineteenth century house remaining in Parwan.
Of local historical significance as a surviving representative embodiment of the settlement of a place, hence early to this locality.
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Dwelling, 75 Browns Lane - Physical Conditions
Good
Dwelling, 75 Browns Lane - Intactness
Good. This appears to be an early cottage alteredin the 1920s.
SIGNIFICANT INTACT ELEMENTS:
FORM. FACADE. VERANDAH. USE. CHIMNEYS. WINDOWS.
Dwelling, 75 Browns Lane - Physical Description 1
A rectangular symmetrical gable-roofed timber pavilion, across the site. This is at the 90° bend in Browns Lane. The upper gable has a decorative timber rail, there are two chimneys, symmetrically on the gable.
Double-hung sash windows have an unusual configuration of glazing bars, with four upper panes and two lower, within the upper sash. Rafters are exposed.
Dwelling, 75 Browns Lane - Historical Australian Themes
Townships
Heritage Study and Grading
Moorabool - Bacchus Marsh Heritage Study 1995
Author: Richard Peterson and Daniel Catrice
Year: 1995
Grading:
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Dwelling, 75 Browns LaneMoorabool Shire
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Former Market Pavilion BuildingMoorabool Shire
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