Mornington Peninsula Heritage Review Area 4: Western Port and Hinterland
WHISTLEWOOD Address
642 Tucks Road, Shoreham
Significance
Local
Construction Dates
Mid-1870s and postwar
Period
Late Victorian and postwar
Date Inspected
December 2020
(Source: Susan McCulloch, Whistlewood, 1870s-2020, undated, available online)
Statement of Significance What is Significant? Whistlewood at 642 Tucks Road, Shoreham, is significant. It was constructed as a homestead (Hillcrest) by the mid-1870s for the grazier and dairy farmers Samuel and Margaret Tuck, who held over 300 acres in the locality. In 1939, the dwelling and a surrounding ten acres (approx. 4 ha) were brought by the Melbourne-based architect Charles Pyne Smart. He built the southern wing and possibly the northern extension. Husband-and-wife Alan and Ellen McCulloch then purchased Whistlewood in 1951 and oversaw its emergence as a regionally renowned artists/creative retreat. The detached rear studio-sleep out was built in the late 1950s to service this use. This artistic legacy was continued by other members of the McCulloch family from the early 1990s by establishing a private gallery at the place, which continued at the time of assessment. The rear two-storey wing was erected in 1994.
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