17 O'Shaughnessy Street
17 O'Shaughnessy Street KEW, Boroondara City
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Statement of Significance
17 O'Shaughnessy Street, Kew, is of local historical and architectural significance as a fine, representative and relatively externally intact example of a Federation residence dating from the peak of popularity of that period in Australian architecture. It is atypical in Kew, among leading Federation examples, in being timber rather than brick.
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17 O'Shaughnessy Street - Physical Description 1
17 O'Shaughnessy Street, Kew, is a single-storey double-fronted timber Federation villa. The expansive hipped and gabled roofscape has been reclad with terracotta tiles with terracotta ridge cresting and finials[i] and is penetrated by numerous red face brick chimneys with roughcast rendered panels and corbelled caps. Gables are finished with carved barges with fretwork screens. The asymmetrical weatherboard facade is screened by a return verandah with timber posts, fretwork frieze and floor, and is accessed via a gabled bay projecting from the corner. The side entrance contains a panelled timber door with leaded fan and sidelights. Fenestration is irregular and includes faceted and rectangular bay windows which contain timber-framed casement sashes; windows elsewhere have double-hung sashes. Extensive rear additions were made in the late 1980s, augmented by smaller-scaled works being undertaken at the time of writing. The non-original timber-paling fence is being replaced. The front garden contains a mature cypress tree.
[i] Details sourced from the City of Boroondara Building File 40/408/013119, # BS1574/20000999/0, dated 17 March 2000, restump of dwelling and new roof, and # BS1574/20000999/0, dated 17 March 2000, alteration of a dwelling - roof framing only.
Heritage Study and Grading
Boroondara - Review of B Graded Buildings in Kew, Camberwell and Hawthorn
Author: Lovell Chen Architects & Heritage Consultants
Year: 2006
Grading: BBoroondara - City of Kew Urban Conservation Study
Author: Pru Sanderson Design Pty Ltd
Year: 1988
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