Oakabella

Statement of Significance

Oakabel/a, comprising: homestead and associated walled garden and trees; a kitchen and quarters; two storey barn; blacksmith 's shop (ruin); stables; shearing shed; and two framed houses with various modem light-framed shelter structures, has cultural heritage significance for the following reasons:

the place has aesthetic value as a unified group of farm buildings set in the landscape;

the place is representative of a phase of agricultural development of the State and the Northampton District;

the place makes a contribution to the community 's sense of place; and, the place has rarity as a relatively complete example of its type.
ASSESSMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Aesthetic Value
Oakabella operates as a coherent visual whole and the stone structures contribute to the aesthetic hannony of the group and create visual complexity. The buildings, individually, are simple structures which contribute to the whole.

Oakabella is particularly important in the way it relates to the land and local climatic conditions, and demonstrates a culturally modified landscape associated with the buildings.

Together with Knockbrack (The Bowes), Willi Gu/Ii and Trevenson homesteads, Oakabella is one of a group of farm homesteads of a similar type and construction, in close proximity to each other in the Northampton district.

Scientific Value
With particular reference to the shearing shed, Oakabella has a capacity to contribute to the wider understanding of aspects of the human occupation of the district because of the intact shearing layout, pens and equipment.

Social Value
As a large and substantially intact homestead of the mid-nineteenth century, Oakabella makes a contribution to the community's sense of place.

Physical Description

Oakabella, comprising: homestead and associated walled garden and trees; a kitchen and quarters; two storey barn; blacksmith 's shop (ruin); stables; shearing shed; and two framed houses with various modem light-framed shelter structures.

History

Assessment 1997

Construction 1860's

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