46 Bastings Street
46 Bastings Street NORTHCOTE, Darebin City
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Statement of Significance
46 Bastings Street is, in part, one of Northcote's older houses, if not the oldest. It is set in grounds which cover most of the original 1850's subdivision and contain some significant individual specimens. A substantial part of the house was built by Edward Twentyman, the principal of the prominent architectural firm of Twentyman and Askew, and was the major place of residence whilst in the colony. It was also the first place of residence for David Askew, who was later to become Vice President of the Royal Victorian Institute of Architects and executed a number of major architectural works such as Stalbridge Chambers, Fink's building, the Hotel Metropole in Sydney and the vast Colonial Sugar Refinery works at Port Melbourne.
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46 Bastings Street - Physical Description 1
Twentyman brick-clad and rendered the original 1853 cottage and added a timber verandah to the west elevation, with panelled and scrolled cast-iron friezes (similar to founders, Holland and Hutchinson, 1873). The verandah, with its elegant curved timber brackets and slim Regency inspired posts, remains in part on the east face of46 Bastings Street. A large room, a kitchen and an entrance hall, were added to the south of the cottage, probably early in the 1880s. Externally, a rendered pediment marks this addition. Marble and slate mantles were also installed in the bedroom and dining rooms. A timber porch was added c1913, and the dining room extended c1916.
Surrounding the house is a delightful wild garden with remnants from various periods of planting. A giant fig tree flanks the house on the north and clipped privet hedges lend a formal note to the original entrance on the east. Askew apparently planted the peppercorn trees along Waterloo Street.
Heritage Study and Grading
Darebin - Darebin Heritage Review
Author: Andrew Ward
Year: 2000
Grading:
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FORMER LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR HOME FOR THE AGEDVictorian Heritage Register H1950
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TERRACE HOUSESVictorian Heritage Register H1774
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FORMER NORTHCOTE THEATREVictorian Heritage Register H2287
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