HILL VIEW
off Steep Gully Road NAREEN, Southern Grampians Shire
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Statement of Significance
Hillview is a timber cottage located 1.5km south of Steep Gully Road, and about 1.0km west of the Coleraine-Nareen Road.. It seems to have been built in the mid 1860s as a result of the subdivision of land under the Land Selection Acts. The cottage is of interest for its simple vernacular style and its traditional forms and details It remains in good condition with a high degree of integrity. The house is set within an appropriate cottage garden. Some distance to the south-west of the cottage there is a woolshed, a former timber school building converted for the purpose. It was altered and extended for the conversion but is in good condition.
How is it significant?
Hill View is of historical and architectural significance to the community of Nareen and to the Southern Grampians Shire.
Why is it significant?
Hill View is of historical significance because it reflects the major change in land ownership brought about by the land Selection Acts and it is of architectural interest because of its very high degree of integrity an as an excellent example of a 1860s vernacular timber cottage, and for its form and details.
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HILL VIEW - Physical Conditions
The house and garden are in fair condition.
HILL VIEW - Physical Description 1
Hill View is a single storey timber building comprising many parts. It positioned on a considerable slope which accommodates a cellar under the front verandah. The northern end of the verandah has been enclosed to form a small bathroom. The central passage opens into a narrow hall with rooms opening off it. This leads into a larger room with a large stone fireplace on the south wall, possibly once used as a kitchen/dining room. Further, smaller additions are at the rear and this section has been a kitchen with a very large stone fireplace, now partly demolished. A more substantial extension was made on the southern elevation, similar in form to the front wing and with its own verandah. Remnants of a special low voltage power supply surviving on this verandah. A chimney has been removed from the west side of this extension. The doors are four panelled and the windows are twelve paned double hung sashes throughout. The whole is typical of vernacular construction in its forms, materials, scale and detailing. The building retains a very high degree of integrity but it is in very poor condition with some sections at the rear in a ruinous condition. The house is abandoned. The skeleton of the early and once elaborate cottage garden survives in the form of fruit trees and some ornamental shrubs but in a neglected condition. The Apples trees (Malus sp..) appear to date from the mid-1860s and there is a mature Loquat tree (Eriobotriya japonicus).
Some distance to the south-west of the house there is a woolshed, a former timber school building converted for the purpose. It was altered and extended for the conversion but is in good condition. It contains a large woolpress.
There are several Radiata pines (Pinus radiata) at the rear of the house and near the woolshed.HILL VIEW - Historical Australian Themes
Theme 6 Educating
6.2 Establishing schools
6.5 Educating people in remote places
Theme 8: Developing Australia's Cultural Life
8.14 Living in the country and rural settlements
Theme 9: Marking the phases of Life
9.3 Forming families and partnerships
9.3.2 Bringing up childrenHILL VIEW - Usage/Former Usage
House is abandoned and woolshed is used intermittently.
HILL VIEW - Integrity
Very high
HILL VIEW - Physical Description 2
John McDonald, first owner under Land Selection Acts
Heritage Study and Grading
Southern Grampians - Southern Grampians Shire Heritage Study
Author: Timothy Hubbard P/L, Annabel Neylon
Year: 2002
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