FLORRIE'S COTTAGE
28-30 DIAMOND STREET ELTHAM, NILLUMBIK SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE, CONTEXT, 2010
What is significant?
The c1950 or earlier sandstone and brick cottage and the surrounding site to the title boundaries.
How is it significant?
The cottage is historically, architecturally and aesthetically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.
Why is it significant?
The cottage is historically significant for its connections to John Harcourt, the pioneer pise-de-terre and mud brick builder, who was an important influence on the well known 'Eltham-style' architect, Alistair Knox (Criterion H). The cottage is historically and architecturally significant in that, unlike most of Harcourt's other houses, it is constructed of sandstone and brick; it is one of only a handful of sandstone dwellings from any era in Eltham (Criterion B). The cottage is aesthetically and architecturally significant as a simple, well designed dwelling which illustrates the fashion for the picturesque during the first half of the 20th century (Criteria E & F).
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FLORRIE'S COTTAGE - Historical Australian Themes
DISTINCTIVE ELTHAM BUILDING STYLES
PROMINENT RESIDENTS (JOHN HARCOURT, BUILDER)
3.14.2 Using Australian materials in construction
8.10.4 Designing and building fine buildings
8.12 Living in and around Australian homes
FLORRIE'S COTTAGE - Physical Description 1
Style mid 20th century picturesque.
Design one-off.
Plan basically rectangular.
Single storeyed.
Walls solid local sandstone, one section face brick (addition?).
Roof gabled, slate clad.
Features are the modest scale of the building, its siting at the rear of the block against the start of the Hill and Stanhope Street, the gabled projecting front section the windows, entry porch, slate roof, the brick chimney and the mature site planting.
FLORRIE'S COTTAGE - Usage/Former Usage
Original and Later Use: House
Heritage Study and Grading
Nillumbik - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study
Author: David Bick
Year: 1992
Grading:
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