Chadwick Farm House and Garden
68 Chadwick Road,HARKAWAY, Casey City
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Statement of Significance
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Chadwick Farm House and Garden - Physical Description 1
Chadwick Farm is a farmhouse of vertical slab construction with mud infill.
The building was built in two gabled sections, similar in form and materials and is reasonably intact today. The method of construction involves a timber frame with wide slabs of timber nailed to cross-beams, forming the exterior of the building. It appears that Chadwick was attempting to recreate the early timber slab building technique which involved slabs slotted into top and bottom plates. The infill material may have originally been mud, which is evident in sections of the wall, and is mostly replaced with concrete. (It is likely that Chadwick himself used concrete as he was evidently using the material in the construction of the later house). The roof is clad in corrugated iron with long timber palings beneath, and weatherboard gable ends. Both halves of the building have pre-cast concrete chimneys (of the Pickering Flemington variety seen in many older Berwick buildings), with one section recently paved in brick and the other retaining wooden floorboards.
Chadwick built the house next door using hand made concrete blocks (1). The new house is also intact, and utilises an interesting type of square brick with porous surface which has been painted. A number of old trees surround the houses which are set well back from the road and form a picturesque farm landscape when viewed from the driveway approach. A large oak is particularly notable.
Source
1. 'Historic Homes of Harkaway'.Heritage Study and Grading
Casey - Casey Heritage Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2004
Grading: LocalCasey - Heritage of the City of Berwick
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 1993
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Chadwick Farm House and GardenCasey City
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