Nestle Cottages: Dennington, Victoria (demolished)

Nestle cottages was a very rare¹ row of terraces built outside of Warrnambool and although it was added to the Historic Buildings Register in 1986², it was subsequently demolished on appeal by the developer – Nestle³.  The terrace was designed in England in 1910⁴.

At the time the media cried foul that heritage was being put before progress. Despite the signatures of 2,000 people from a local conservation group trying to save the building, the state government overturned the heritage listing and the Minister for Planning allowed for their demolition in 1987 ³.

The cottages had prominent chimneys with terracotta potts, dormer windows, corrugated iron roof, wooden verandah supports and prominent end terrace windowed gables.