KEYHAM
4 Burnie Street TOORAK, STONNINGTON CITY
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
'Keyham', 4 Burnie Street, Toorak, a single-storey dwelling built in 1891.
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 garage at the front boundary, are not significant.
How is it significant?
'Keyham', 4 Burnie Street, Toorak is of local architectural and aesthetic significance to the City of Stonnington.
Why is it significant?
'Keyham', 4 Burnie Street, Toorak is a fine and representative example of a Federation house. It displays typical features of the Federation Queen Anne architectural style popular in the first decade of the twentieth century in Toorak and across Melbourne more broadly, including a picturesque, asymmetrical front facade, a verandah roof integrated with the main roof, and the use of materials such as red brick, slate roof with terracotta detail and half-timbering to gable ends (Criterion D).
'Keyham', 4 Burnie Street, Toorak is a carefully designed and well-resolved example of a Federation house. The front facade, with dominant, contrasting projecting roof bays, polygonal window bay, rich timber decoration and decorative encaustic tiling, presents a picturesque composition of this architectural style (Criterion E).
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KEYHAM - Physical Description 1
The dwelling at 4 Burnie Street is a single-storey detached dwelling, with deep street setback, set within a mature garden on a suburban allotment. In terms of both form and detail, the dwelling draws broadly on the Federation Queen Anne style, incorporating a number of unusual elements. Constructed in 1891, the dwelling remains in good condition.
The wall construction is red brick, tuckpointed and laid in Flemish bond with a decorative cream brick stringcourse and cream brick banding. Clad in slate, with decorative terracotta ridge cappings and both spiked and ball finials (Figure 5), the main roof is a steep hip with an unusual projecting bay surmounted by a hip and gablet (Figure 6). A second gable fronting the street and four symmetrically placed red brick chimneys, with cream brick corbelling, balance the composition (Figure 7). A wide verandah across the front facade is contained within the large hip roof of the house, and is supported on turned timber posts, with a timber and decorative cast iron balustrade (Figure 8). The verandah floor is encaustic tile, with bluestone edging and central access steps. The two gable ends are finished with smooth render (overpainted) and timber strapping, with a moulded bargeboard (Figure 6 and 7). The windows are double hung sashes, simply set into the wall with cream brick sills and aprons. The front door is a six-panelled timber door, with half panelled, half decorative stained glass sidelight. Two modern double hung sash windows are adjacent to the entry.
The site is bounded by a modern brick pier and timber infill fence. A large modern carport with slate roof and replica gable end details is located on the western side of the dwelling in the front setback.
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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