MYRNONG
2 MYRNONG COURT, KANGAROO FLAT - PROPERTY NUMBER 200669, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
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Statement of Significance
Myrnong as a building dating to the 1850s, is also one of the few dwellings of this period in Kangaroo Flat and in the City of Greater Bendigo generally, and a rare example of a property dating to the 1850s which was built on the fringes of Bendigo. It is also among the oldest surviving dwellings on the Bendigo goldfields (Criterion B).
Myrnong is additionally of aesthetic/architectural significance (Criterion E), as an early local example in the picturesque Gothic genre, albeit simply detailed but with prominent gabling and canted window bays. Its symmetrical facade, with the tranverse roofed central section, and flanking gabled wings, is evocative of the mid-Victorian period. Other elements of note include the large brick chimneys and the light timber frames and large-scaled sashes to the canted window bays. The dwelling is also substantially externally intact, albeit overpainted.
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MYRNONG - Physical Description 1
Myrnong is a symmetrical single-storey, hipped and gabled, early Gothic-influenced house with its front elevation facing west. The original face brick external walls have been overpainted. The roof forms, which are clad in corrugated galvanised steel, comprise a transverse ridge over the linking central section of the building, and gables over the projecting flanking (north and south) wings. There is a cast concrete cornice to the parapets and a reconstructed timber posted verandah to the central building section. Two large brick chimneys are visible from the street (Myrnong Court), with proportionally broad bases and plain uncorniced stacks. The front door is offset to the north end of the verandah. The flanking wings have canted window bays with light timber frames and large-scaled sashes. The front yard has been reorganised since the 1990s and a paved driveway leads past the house on its south side, diagonally to its right. A swimming pool has been installed to the rear, and a large asphalted apron leading to a large outbuilding in on the south side of the house. This outbuilding is roofed in corrugated galvanised steel. The rear of the house has a verandah roofed in corrugated galvanised steel with three polycarbonate light sheeting, and a square, flat roofed wing, apparently recent, runs off the south wing toward the swimming pool. Two skylights have been added to the south wing. There is a further shed on the property's south-west side and a circular formal garden immediately south of the driveway. The property appears to be in generally sound condition.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Bendigo - Heritage Policy Citations Review
Author: Lovell Chen P/L
Year: 2011
Grading: Local
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