WHITE LODGE
32 (formerly 34) Huntingtower Road ARMADALE, STONNINGTON CITY
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Statement of Significance
(officially known as 32 Huntingtower Road, Armadale, as of 25 October 2017)
What is significant?
The Federation house known as 'White Lodge', 34 Huntingtower Road, Armadale (officially known as 32 Huntingtower Road, Armadale, as of 25 October 2017), a single-storey dwelling built in 1899-1900.
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 additions to the rear (south-east), are not significant.
How is it significant?
'White Lodge', 34 Huntingtower Road, Armadale is of local architectural and aesthetic significance to the City of Stonnington.
Why is it significant?
'White Lodge', 34 Huntingtower Road, Armadale is an unusual and intact example of a Federation Arts and Crafts house. The symmetrical front facade with central triple stack buttressed chimney, flanking protruding bays with unusually detailed gablets and shallow pitched hipped verandah roofs, offset entrance and adjacent window opening and latticework frieze are uncommon details in a Federation Arts and Crafts style house (Criterion B).
'White Lodge', 34 Huntingtower Road, Armadale is a well-considered and carefully detailed example of a Federation Arts and Crafts house. The design and architectural details demonstrate a rich and highly original combination of elements and materials, which together present a picturesque composition of this architectural style(Criterion E).
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WHITE LODGE - Physical Description 1
The dwelling at 34 Huntingtower Road (officially known as 32 Huntingtower Road, Armadale, as of 25 October 2017) is a single-storey detached house situated on a large suburban allotment. The building is located to the north-east of the site, with a tennis court to the front of the property and a swimming pool to the south. Built of rendered brick (overpainted), with a moulded dado at window sill level and a terracotta tile roof, the dwelling is an early Federation Arts and Crafts design.
The front section of the house is of square form with a rear wing extending along the northern side. The building is roofed with a series of hipped forms, with secondary gables and exposed rafter ends. A main transverse front hip continues down over a front verandah with latticework frieze, which is supported on solid chamfered and rendered columns. This verandah has a timber floor and comprises two shallow hip-roofed sections and a narrow, recessed central section which leads to an unusual offset entrance with an adjacent small arch-headed window to the north side. Above the verandah, two large gablets, with unusual contrasting roughcast and smooth rendered moulding detailing, sit symmetrically either side of a large buttressed central triple-stack chimney. This unusual and distinctive chimney is smooth rendered (overpainted) with simple capping (Figure 10).
The front verandah is in-filled on the southern return (appears to be an early addition) (Figure 11). The unusual contrasting roughcast and smooth rendered moulding detailing of the front gablets is repeated in north and south facing gable ends, and a rectangular oriel bay window, which protrudes from the rear section of the north facade and has a roughcast top section above a multi-paned awning window (Figure 12).
The site is bounded by a tall, modern timber paling fence and hedge, which conceals the dwelling from the public realm. A large modern addition (2001-2002) has been constructed at the south-east corner of the house, at the rear of the site.
Integrity
The house retains a high degree of integrity to the Federation Arts and Craft style, in fabric, form and detail. While the house has undergone some alterations and additions - including changes to its original setting - 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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