Quarry Hill Precinct
PYKE STREET, QUARRY HILL, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
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![166-168 Mitchell Street, individually significant but not typical of the area as a whole which is generally of detached timber housing. 166-168 Mitchell Street, individually significant but not typical of the area as a whole which is generally of detached timber housing.](https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/vhd-images/places/000/151/814.jpg)
![166-168 Mitchell Street, individually significant but not typical of the area as a whole which is generally of detached timber housing. 166-168 Mitchell Street, individually significant but not typical of the area as a whole which is generally of detached timber housing.](https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/vhd-images/places/000/151/814.jpg)
![148 Mitchell Street: an altered but long term corner shop and residence which would have provided a focus for pre-car living in the precinct 148 Mitchell Street: an altered but long term corner shop and residence which would have provided a focus for pre-car living in the precinct](https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/vhd-images/places/000/151/815.jpg)
![Quarry Hill Street Precinct part of the former Precinct 7 Quarry Hill Street Precinct part of the former Precinct 7](https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/vhd-images/places/000/151/816.jpg)
![Quarry Hill Street Precinct part of the former Precinct 7 Quarry Hill Street Precinct part of the former Precinct 7](https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/vhd-images/places/000/151/817.jpg)
Statement of Significance
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Quarry Hill Precinct - Physical Description 1
Contributory Streets
Stylistic and physical characteristics of contributory sites in major streets are as follows (street, dominant period and materials):
Breen, Victorian and Edwardian, timber
Brodie, Edwardian, brick, timber
Brougham, Edwardian, timber
Carpenter, Edwardian and 1920s-30, timber, brick
Echuca, Edwardian and 1920s-30, timber
Gladstone, Victorian and Edwardian, timber
Graham, Edwardian, timber
Hallam, 1920-30, timber
Hamlet, Edwardian and 1920s-30, timber
Harkness, Victorian and Edwardian, timber, brick
Havlin, Edwardian, timber
Horace, Victorian, Edwardian, 1920s-30, timber Marks, Edwardian, timber
Miller, Edwardian, 1920s-30, timber, brick
Mitchell, Victorian, Edwardian, timber, brick
Olinda, Edwardian, timber
Palmerston, Edwardian, 1920s-30, timber
Peel, Edwardian, timber
Percival, Edwardian, 1920s-30, timber, brick
Pine, Edwardian, 1920s-30, timber, brick Pyke, Edwardian, 1920s-30, timber, brick
Reginald, Edwardian, 1920s-30, timber
Rodney, Edwardian, 1920s-30, timber, brick
Russell, Edwardian, 1920s-30, timber
Typically, roofs are pitched (gable, hip), siting detached and scale one-storey.
Quarry Hill Precinct - Physical Description 2
Notable sites
Among the more spectacular residential sites at Quarry Hill are The Eyrie (1896-7) in Reginald Street; Penwinnick (1895), Merlemont (1873) and Rock Lodge (1873), Harkness Street; Edelweiss (1890), Hamlet Street; Heidelberg (1885), Horace Street; Rydon (cl892), Gladstone Street; Toorak (1897), Breen Street; Del Oro (1892), Kilwinning Street; Rosslyn (1905), Olinda Street; Netherby (1888-02),Hopper Street; and Avondale (1896), Mitchell Street.
Among the surprisingly few hotels in the area are the Queens Arms (1872) in Russell Street and Mt. Edgecombe Hotel and store at 79 Olinda Street.Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Bendigo - Eaglehawk & Bendigo Heritage Study
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 1993
Grading:
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THE EYRIEVictorian Heritage Register H0556
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ST PAULS ANGLICAN CATHEDRALVictorian Heritage Register H1372
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FORMER BUSH'S STOREVictorian Heritage Register H1752
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