Six places in Sellicks Hill have been recommended for a Local Heritage Places Code Amendment.
For more information about each place click the orange '+' next to the place address.
You can make a submission on any of the recommended Local Heritage Code Amendments in Sellicks Hill via the submission form.
Existing Local Heritage Places recommended for delisting
Identified as featuring various periods of construction works in 1997, the Victory Hotel, 652 Old Sellicks Hill Road, Sellicks Hill has been extensively rebuilt after 2015 with later additions now enveloping all sides of the remaining original c.1858 structure. While original fabric does remain, this fabric was not constructed as a primary building façade and is now largely obscured by later developments.
More information about 652 Old Sellicks Hill Road can be viewed here.
Reason for delisting
The collection of farming buildings, including timber-framed, corrugated iron-clad barns and sheds with several later masonry structures appears to date from approximately c.1880-1920 and were likely constructed by the Chenoweth and Rogers families.
A prominent local landmark for the district, the 1997 survey’s Extent of Listing described that the “…overall form and materials of the barns and sheds should be retained as long as possible depending upon conservation possibilities.”
As conservations strategies have evidently not been implemented since 1997, the former barns/sheds are now in extensively dilapidated condition. City of Onkaparinga heritage advisor Andrew Stevens has noted that both the cladding and original timber structure are now in dilapidation condition and that heritage fabric is severely compromised and presents little possibility of future rejuvenation.
The collection of farming buildings, while a notable surviving examples for the district, are no longer associated with their historical function, being physically removed from an attributable farm complex for which the buildings were previously associated.
More information about Lot 353 Rogers Road can be viewed here.
Places recommended for listing as Local Heritage Places
Heritage significance
371 Plains Road, Sellicks Hill is of local significance as an early 20th century farmhouse incorporating late 19th century elements with associated late 19th century chaff mill dating to an important period of development for the district and providing a strong contribution to the Sellicks Hill landscape. The residence is closely associated with the Eats family, early Sellicks Hill settlers and farmers; particularly with Albert Henry Eats (1874-1918) who is attributed as being responsible for the c.1912 farmhouse’s construction.
Extent of listing
The extent of listing includes form and materials of all surviving and intact masonry fabric to the original residence, including all early external walls, quoins, surrounds and dressings, chimneys and window & door openings.
The form of the hipped and gabled roof, the form and materials of early timber elements to the verandah and surviving intact early timber window and door elements are considered of significance and also included in the listing.
Extensive c.2014 reconstruction works have occurred to the former chaff mill, including the reconstruction of most early timber structural elements and numerous new openings to masonry fabric. While an attractive and well-executed design, late 19th century fabric is now extensively modified. As such surviving historic fabric relating to the former chaff mill is not included in the listing.
More information about 371 Plains Road can be viewed here.
Heritage significance
402 Plains Road, Sellicks Hill is of local significance as a C. late-19th century farmhouse dating to an important period of development for the district and providing a strong contribution to the Sellicks Hill landscape. The residence is closely associated with the McRae family, early Sellicks Hill settlers and farmers; particularly with Kenneth McRae (1842-1929) who is responsible for the farmhouse’s construction.
Extent of listing
The extent of listing includes form and materials of all surviving and intact masonry fabric to the original residence including all external walls, quoins, surrounds and dressings, chimneys and window & door openings.
The form of the hipped and gabled roof and surviving intact early timber window and door elements are considered of significance and are also included in the listing.
More information about 402 Plains Road can be viewed here.
Heritage significance
Old Sellicks Hill Road, Sellicks Hill is of significance as an important arterial roadway in South Australian history, linking the Southern Vales with the Fleurieu Peninsula. Constructed by 1859, the road greatly enabled the development of both regions, allowing for rapid transportation between these regions to metropolitan Adelaide. Old Sellicks Hill Road is also a significant example of First Nations cultural heritage, being initially constructed over a Kaurna trail through the foothills. The road has remained a landmark feature of the Sellicks Hill district since the mid-19th century for the scenic views that the road provided for travellers. Closed in the 2010s, the road remains a popular walking trail and tourism drawcard for the district.
Extent of listing
The extent of listing includes form and materials of all surviving identified heritage elements to the closed portion of Old Sellicks Road (stretching for approximately three kilometres south from the Victory Hotel to the fire gate near Mount Terrible Road).
Identified heritage elements include masonry fabric associated with Pedler’s Creek Bridge and the nearby slate weir, a large masonry slate culvert located approximately 1.5 kilometres south of the Victory Hotel, excavated rockfaces with constructed retaining wall elements, former quarries and various areas of mid-19th century timber fencing. All surviving mid-19th century timber fabric is included in the listing, though it is acknowledged that a majority of this timberwork is demonstrating substantial deterioration. It is recommended that all early timberwork should be retained and conserved where possible.
More information about Old Sellicks Hill Road can be viewed here.
Existing Local Heritage Places recommended for amendment to listing
Recommended amendment
Inclusion of the outbuilding in the extent of the current Local Heritage listing for 418 Plains Road, Sellicks Hill.
Heritage significance
The former farmhouse at 418 Plains Road, Sellicks Hill is of significance as one of relatively few surviving farmhouses for the local district. Despite extensive additions and alterations, the form and materials of the c.1902 original farmhouse remain clearly evident.
An early lean-to masonry outbuilding dating to the site’s early history is also of significance as a representative example of an early farming outbuilding within the local district.
Extent of listing
As noted in the 1997 survey, all form and materials relating to the construction of the original symmetrical fronted cottage (c.1902), including door and window forms and brick chimneys, are included in the listing.
The form and materials of the early limestone and brick lean-to outbuilding is also included in the listing.
More information about 418 Plains Road can be viewed here.
