Armstrong Creek Median PriceThe House price is 3% lower than last year.
Surrounding suburbsArmstrong Creek Median RentThe House rent is 1% higher than last year.
| | Map | Street view | Nearby property price | | Planning History: | | | Registered as Victorian heritage | This property has recently been addressed as 2-100 Harriott Road, Armstrong Creek (the earlier address is referenced in the heritage assessment ). The only surviving significant fabric on the site today (2014) is the underground brick tank and a remnant brick chimney of the former cottage. This ruinous cottage was demolished in 2008 as part of a planning permit. The heritage citation of 1998-2000 is still included as a record of the earlier building on the site. Heritage Advisor, 5 May 2014.
BListed - Local Signficance
The cottage at 105-205 Groves Road is aesthetically significant at a REGIONAL level. Although in poor condition, it demonstrates original design qualities of an early Victorian vernacular style. These qualities include the corrugated iron and gauge gable roof (with an early timber shingle roof underneath) and a front skillion verandah. Other intact qualities include the two unpainted hand-made brick chimneys, timber framed and paned windows, timber door, galvanised corrugated iron hipped roof extension, and the two front interior rooms consisting of coved, timber lined and stained ceilings. The cottage at 105-205 Groves Road is historically significant at a REGIONAL level. It is associated with and contributes to an understanding of the dairy farm and milk delivery service established by the Bogan family in the 19th century. The underground tank at 105-205 Groves Road is scientifically significant at a LOCAL level. It illustrates 19th century brick and cement tank construction, possibly based on J.C. Loudon's Encyclopedia of Farm, Cottage and Villa Architecture of 1831. Overall, the cottage and underground tank at 105-205 Groves Road is of REGIONAL significance. |
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