Miss Meglin's house & Special School 3660, now part Meglin Health Centre - house, red brick former school building & domed well
2 Yan Yean Road DIAMOND CREEK, NILLUMBIK SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The former Sutherland Homes orphanage administration block built in 1929 is of regional significance
. for its externally near original state and sophisticated architectural stylism which is rare within the Shire for buildings of this era;
. as a public institution over a long term in the Shire which is known by the community and the former residents in the complex;
. for the orphanage's (and any other related structure or planting's) association with Sulina Sutherland and the Suthetland Homes for Neglected and Destitute Children which was known across the state for their work.
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Miss Meglin's house & Special School 3660, now part Meglin Health Centre - house, red brick former school building & domed well - Physical Description 1
"Sited in a semi-rural landscape among exotic and native planting and close to the road frontage, the administration block of this complex is a red brick and stuccoed 1930s structure with a Marseilles pattern terra-cotta tiled roof, red brick side pavilions and a central pavilion wing in a parapeted stuccoed Spanish revival style, with porch and arched windows. An unrelated but usual outbuilding at the rear has a" corrugated iron clad saw-tooth roof and 1960s-70s buildings are further into the site (see also Meglin house). Further inspection of, and research on, this site may reveal other related structures and plantings.
Miss Meglin's house & Special School 3660, now part Meglin Health Centre - house, red brick former school building & domed well - Historical Australian Themes
Community growth- local government
Heritage Study and Grading
Nillumbik - Nillumbik Shire Heritage Study
Author: Graeme Butler & Assoc
Year: 1997
Grading:
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YAN YEAN ROAD 1Victorian Heritage Inventory
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Berry Street, Sutherland Child Youth and Family Services ComplexNillumbik Shire
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Miss Meglin's House & Special School 3660.Nillumbik Shire
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