HO244 - Wadeson house, 9 Risdale Close, Diamond Creek
9 Risdale Close DIAMOND CREEK, NILLUMBIK SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
HERITAGE VALUE 2005: Local
SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENT
What is significant?
Fabric associated with:
-the Victorian-era
-Richard Wadeson tenure
How is it significant?
The Wadeson house is historically and architecturally significant to Diamond Creek
Why is it significant?
The Wadeson house is significant:
-as one of the early houses in the town (Criterion A4) and
-a well preserved example of the Italianate suburban style, as distinguished by its relative size for the period (Criterion E1)
-for the association with Richard Wadeson, a Diamond Creek gardener and orchardist (Criterion H1)
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HO244 - Wadeson house, 9 Risdale Close, Diamond Creek - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTION
This timber Italianate style, verandahed house is now set at the end of a suburban court but was once a Victorian-era orchard house set in over 40 acres, presumably of fruit trees. Clad with ashlar timber 'blocks' the house was intended to resemble stone and has an elegant concave form return verandah, withcast-iron friezes. Typically symmetrical, the house has two cemented chimneys, an M-hip roof clad with corrugated iron, carved eaves brackets, and a pair of three-light double-hung sash windows set either side of a six-panel door with panelled side and top-lights. '
There is an outbuilding at the rear with a gabled corrugated iron roof.
HO244 - Wadeson house, 9 Risdale Close, Diamond Creek - Physical Description 2
Integrity
A carport has been attached to the verandah on one side, reducing the impact of the return verandah form
HO244 - Wadeson house, 9 Risdale Close, Diamond Creek - Physical Description 3
Context
Set in a recent visually unrelated suburban residential estate.
Heritage Study and Grading
Nillumbik - C13 Heritage Stage 2 Final Report Revised Citation
Author: Graeme Butler and Assoc.
Year: 2001
Grading: Local
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