Afton
16 Rose Street IVANHOE, BANYULE CITY
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The house, fence and gateway structure at 16 Rose Street, Ivanhoe constructed in 1933, is significant.
How is it significant?
16 Rose Street is of local aesthetic and historic significance to the City of Banyule.
Why is it significant?
Afton, at 16 Rose Street, is aesthetically significant as an unusually large and highly intact example of the Classical Revival style in Banyule. It displays key design elements including rendering to the upper walls and chimney, and a porch with barley twist colums with Corinthian capitals and a frieze bearing the name of the house in raised lettering. Afton occupies a large corner block, with the fence and gateway structure to the property forming a notable streetscape element that enhances the aesthetic significance of the place as a whole. (Criterion E)
Afton is historically significant as the former residence of Charles Walker, a tanner who built the house in 1933 and was a descendent of a pioneer family in Ivanhoe. The property was later owned by grazier Percival Law-Smith, whose family were prominent members of the Western District aristocracy. (Criteria A & H)
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Afton - Physical Description 1
Afton is a large single storey Classical revival villa located on a large corner site. Built of clinker brick construction with contrasting rendered upper walls and a hipped cement tiled roof, the house is unusually large and has a high level of integrity. The projecting entrance porch is supported on barley twist columns with Corinthian capitals and a frieze bearing the name of the house in raised lettering. Windows are double hung sashes and the rendered chimney stacks have simple moulded cappings. The clinker brick and rendered front fence is original. A corner gateway with pergola entrance is a notable streetscape element.
Heritage Study and Grading
Banyule - Banyule Heritage Review
Author: Context P/L
Year: 2009
Grading: LocalBanyule - Banyule Heritage Study
Author: Allum Lovell & Associates
Year: 1999
Grading:Banyule - Heidelberg Conservation Study
Author: Graeme Butler and Associates
Year: 1985
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