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City of Whittlesea has requested heritage protection of a local home.

At the last council meeting, on December 17, 2024, councillors voted to seek ministerial approval to place a heritage overlay on a Victorian villa from circa 1891 at 1470 Plenty Road, Mernda.

The house was one of the first substantial homes built in Mernda following the opening of the Whittlesea railway in 1889, with notable features including the ornate rendered chimneys, decorated eaves, and small arched niches on the facade.

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An independent heritage assessment concluded the house, which was home to Mernda’s first resident doctor, had ‘particular aesthetic significant as a late Victoria villa.’

Council has applied for interim heritage protection to make sure the house is protected while the process to apply permanent heritage controls is undertaken.

Council will also request authorisation from the Minister for Planning to commence a process to apply a permanent heritage overlay on the house and part of the property.

If granted authorisation by the Minister, the landholder, residents, and other interested parties will have the opportunity to review the heritage overlay proposal and make submissions to council.

City of Whittlesea Mayor Councillor Aidan McLindon said it was important that council acknowledged its built heritage.

“It is important council celebrates its built heritage and integrates these significant places into future neighbourhoods,” he said.

“Over the years, this house has been home to Mernda’s earliest medical figures, and later served as the Mernda Methodist Church’s first parsonage from about 1918 until 1977.

“To protect that significant piece of cultural history is important for our future communities, and that is why council voted to pursue a heritage overlay over this significant house.”

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