ST COLUMBA'S CONVENT AND LADIES COLLEGE
2 LESLIE ROAD, and 10-12 STANLEY STREET, ESSENDON, MOONEE VALLEY CITY
Riverview Estate - Leslie Rd
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Statement of Significance
Architecturally, an externally original, large and uncommon form (two-level arcade) of a common pastoral villa style (Italian Renaissance): other examples of which may be seen at Kew Heidelberg and Hawthorn (see also Resurrection House, 6 Aberfeldie Street) also part of the Riverview Est. Precinct: of regional importance.
Historically, a large prominent example of the pastoral era in Essendon, reinforced by its proximity to the contemporary Lowther Hall (qv), also the home of a figure typically linked with primary production (Gillespie) and a further example of the acquisition of 19th century villas by the Catholic Church late last and early this century: of local importance and regional interest.
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ST COLUMBA'S CONVENT AND LADIES COLLEGE - Physical Description 1
A two-storeyed unpainted stuccoed brick (former) house with a two-level returned arcaded verandah, a slated hipped roof and a central, gabled two-storey porch. Rusticated pilasters mark the imposition of trabeation upon the arcaded structure whilst gently tapered Tuscan order pilasters frame the entrance to the verandah. Cement balustrading, shallow ground-level window bays, deeply bracketed eaves and (despite the central porth), a well recessed side entrance, are notable aspects of the building. Some mature exotics give subtle evidence of the original grounds.
ST COLUMBA'S CONVENT AND LADIES COLLEGE - Integrity
A chapel wing has been added in a sympathetic, if not matching manner, to the south, whilst the rear wing appears to have been extended west. Generally unsympathetic additions have been made to the north and south-east corners of. the original building.
Driveways have been hard-paved and what was presumably a timber picket perimeter fence, replaced. Details such as roof gutters, have been replaced with new profiles.
ST COLUMBA'S CONVENT AND LADIES COLLEGE - Physical Description 2
Streetscape
A large complex, with adjoining open space, is dissimilar to this century's adjoining residential development, but linked with nearby Lowther Hall, provide highly visible elements of the 19th century pastoral-residential era, and reinforce the compact selection of the individually important buildings in Leslie Road. (Refer Riversview Est. Precinct)
Heritage Study and Grading
Moonee Valley - Essendon Conservation Study
Author: Graeme Butler
Year: 1985
Grading: Local
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