ARDLUI
575-577 Dandenong Road ARMADALE, STONNINGTON CITY
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Federation house known as Ardlui, 575-77 Dandenong Road, Armadale, a single-storey dwelling built in 1905 for William Valentine Bailey.
Elements that contribute to the significance of the place include (but are not limited to):
. The house's original external form, materials and detailing
. The house's high level of integrity to its original design.
Later alterations and additions, such as the rear brick garage, are not significant.
How is it significant?
Ardlui, 575-77 Dandenong Road, Armadale, is of local architectural, aesthetic and historical significance to the City of Stonnington.
Why is it significant?
Ardlui, 575-77 Dandenong Road, Armadale, is a fine and highly intact example of a Federation house. The house strongly reflects the Federation Queen Anne architectural style popular in the first decade of the twentieth century in Armadale and across Melbourne more broadly. The asymmetrical composition with complex roof forms and strong diagonal emphasis, multiple projecting gables and gablets, and architectural elements and materials such as tall chimneys, a variety of window forms, half-timbering with rough cast render and timber verandah detailing, are typical of the style. The use of quality materials and elaborate detailing imparts a sense of grandeur and demonstrates the status of the owner in wealthy established areas such as Armadale in the early twentieth century (Criterion D).
Ardlui, 575-77 Dandenong Road, Armadale, is a carefully designed and well-resolved example of a Federation house. The corner siting with diagonal emphasis, multitude of projecting gable roofs and rich and finely detailed timber decoration, present a picturesque composition of this architectural style (Criterion E).
Ardlui, 575-77 Dandenong Road, Armadale, has close associations with prolific builder, developer and local Malvern Councillor, William Valentine Bailey. Bailey was responsible for the construction of a large numbers of houses in Malvern, including the estate containing Ardlui. He also served as a Councillor, and was Mayor of Malvern in 1903-04 (Criterion H).
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ARDLUI - Physical Description 1
The dwelling at 575-577 Dandenong Road is a substantial single-storey detached villa located on a corner site within a mature garden. It is characterised by its asymmetrical siting and strong diagonal emphasis, responding to the corner allotment. In both form and detail the dwelling draws on the Federation Queen Anne style. Constructed in 1905, the dwelling remains in good condition.
The wall construction is tuckpointed red brick, laid in stretcher bond with a decorative roughcast band (overpainted) at stringcourse level. The roof is clad in interlocking Marseilles tiles, with terracotta Federation-star ridge capping and distinctive ball and fern finials (Figure 4). Three red brick chimneys remain, with unpainted roughcast stacks, and brick corbelling and strapwork (Figure 4). Gabled bays, with bow windows, project from both the south (Dandenong Road) and west (Bailey Avenue) elevations, with roughcast and vertical timber strapping to the gable end, and a plain bargeboard with scalloped bullseye detail (Figure 5). Small gablets over the entrance and presenting to the corner, have timber board infill with timber strapping to the gable ends, a timber bargeboard with scalloped bullseye detail, and an arch and balustrade frieze. The corner gablet sits above the roofline, with sides clad in notched timber shingles. A return verandah is contained within the main roof hip and is supported on turned timber posts with decorative brackets, an arch and balustrade frieze, and a timber fascia with scalloped bullseye detail (Figure 5). The two bow windows are timber casements with scalloped bullseye timber moulding, and a tiled window hood over. An angled bay window is located on the verandah return, and a porthole window with roughcast surround is adjacent. The front door is not readily visible from the street, however appears to comprise a central timber door with sidelights.
The site is bounded by a tall modern brick fence. A large garage sits at the rear of the block, accessed via a driveway off Bailey Avenue. Alterations have occurred to the rear of the dwelling, including construction of a trellis. Mature trees, including palms and conifers are located within the frontage.
Integrity
The house retains a high degree of integrity to the Federation Queen Anne style, in fabric, form and detail. While the house has undergone some alterations and additions, these do not diminish the ability to understand and appreciate the place as a fine example of a Federation house.
Heritage Study and Grading
Stonnington - City of Stonnington Federation Houses Study
Author: GJM Heritage Pty Ltd
Year: 2017
Grading: Local
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