Nanja (formerly Glen Bour)
25 Wellington Street KEW, Boroondara City
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Statement of Significance
Nanja (formerly Glen Bour), at 25 Wellington Street, Kew, is of local historical and architectural significance as a fine and highly externally intact example of a substantial brick Italianate villa of the 1890s, representative of asymmetrical polychrome brick Italianate houses found in the Kew, Canterbury and Hawthorn areas. Nanja is notable for its assured design, commanding scale and siting and fine detailing, coupled with a high level of integrity. Its use of the Florentine arch (round and pointed in combination) is relatively uncommon in Boroondara.
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Nanja (formerly Glen Bour) - Physical Description 1
Nanja (formerly Glen Bour) at 25 Wellington Street, Kew, is a single-storey double-fronted Italianate villa of brick construction sited on a corner with an asymmetrical plan. The hipped roof is finished with slate and features fine cast iron cresting and multiple rendered chimneys with moulded caps; beneath the eaves line a rendered frieze contains pressed cement eaves brackets, fielded panels and rosettes. Projecting wings on the principal south and west elevations flank a cast iron return verandah with Corinthian columns, ornate frieze and brackets, dentilled cornice and non-original bullnose corrugated galvanised steel roof. It is possible that some other elements of the verandah have been reconstructed.[i] The verandah floor is tiled with diaper pattern marble tiles with bluestone edging and steps. The street elevations display tuckpointed polychrome brickwork with rendered and bluestone dressings. The projecting wing of the south elevation has a faceted bay with windows with Florentine arches and pressed cement hood mouldings, a detail which is mirrored in the tripartite window arrangement of the western projecting bay; in the case of the latter, however, the mullions comprise a Corinthian pilaster. Windows elsewhere have paired and tripartite groupings and all contain timber-framed double-hung sashes. The main entrance in the south elevation contains a panelled timber door with leadlight surrounds, Corinthian order pilasters applied to the mullions and a non-original screen door; there is a matching side door in the west elevation.
A cast iron fence and gate remain across the frontage, however a recent timber framed corrugated galvanised steel fence has been constructed along the western street elevation. The front path continues the materials of the front verandah with the use of diaper pattern marble tiles. A detached garage building was constructed in the north-west corner of the property around 1989[ii].
[i] Planning Permit #1121/006470/0, dated 21 March 1997, City of Boroondara Building File, 40/408/01677; drawings have not been sighted, however approval is for 'Alterations (new verandah)'.
[ii] Details sourced from the City of Kew Building Index, #4332, dated 14 April 1989.
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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SHENTONVictorian Heritage Register H0788
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XAVIER COLLEGEVictorian Heritage Register H0893
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D'ESTAVILLEVictorian Heritage Register H0201
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"1890"Yarra City
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"AMF Officers" ShedMoorabool Shire
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"AQUA PROFONDA" SIGN, FITZROY POOLVictorian Heritage Register H1687
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"1890"Yarra City
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'BRAESIDE'Boroondara City
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'ELAINE'Boroondara City
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