CLUANIE
390-440 KOONWARRA-INVERLOCH ROAD, LEONGATHA SOUTH, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
Other notable elements include:
- Chimneys with rendered finish and mouldings.
- Strongly decorated eaves frieze with paired brackets and alternating "cricket bat" and diamond plaques.
- False ashlar (blocked boards) with large plinth on three sides.
- Wide main panelled door with sidelights.
- Margined double hung windows.
- Diagonal panelled mini-orb galvanised iron ceilings.
- Moulded dentils supporting the verandah gutter board.
- Square stop chamfered posts with double neck moulds. The probable cast iron frieze has been removed.
Aesthetically, it is a notable example in the Shire of a substantial elaborate late Victorian villa, which is distinguished by its range of detail, which includes what is believed to be the only example of a lavish ogee verandah in the Shire. (AHC criteria - B.2 and E.1)
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CLUANIE - Physical Description 1
"Cluanie" is sited on a hill top at the end of a long driveway. It is a single storey weather board double fronted hip and valley late Victorian villa. Unusually, it has the main entry to the side (north) with only French doors of the two front rooms to the front elevation. It has perhaps the only example in the Shire of a wide ogee (bellcast) verandah to three sides, while the south side has had an added hipped wing against the side and extending beyond the rear wall of the original house. A straight roof verandah covers the rear wall of this projecting wing. The rear section of the main verandah on the north side is built in.
Other notable elements include:- Chimneys with rendered finish and mouldings.
- Strongly decorated eaves frieze with paired brackets and alternating "cricket bat" and diamond plaques.
- False ashlar (blocked boards ) with large plinth on three sides.
- Wide main panelled door with sidelights.
- Margined double hung windows.
- Diagonal panelled mini-orb galvanised iron ceilings.
- Moulded dentils supporting the verandah gutter board.
- Square stop chamfered posts with double neck moulds. The probable cast iron frieze has been removed.There is an in ground circular brick tank in the rear court, but no sign of substantial outbuildings. The present owners advise that the house was originally much larger: part of it was removed to create another house in the district during the interwar period. This may partly explain the apparently unusual location of the entry.
Heritage Study and Grading
South Gippsland - South Gippsland Heritage Study
Author: David Helms with Trevor Westmore
Year: 2004
Grading:
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CLUANIESouth Gippsland Shire
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"1890"Yarra City
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"AMF Officers" ShedMoorabool Shire
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"AQUA PROFONDA" SIGN, FITZROY POOLVictorian Heritage Register H1687
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"1890"Yarra City
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'BRAESIDE'Boroondara City
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'ELAINE'Boroondara City
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Notes See all notes
Matthew Henry • 22/06/17
I thought you might be interested to know that Cluanie has been substantially renovated is now surrounded by a significant garden that has been open as part of the Victorian Open Garden Scheme: http://www.opengardensvictoria.org.au/companies/21/62/Cluanie-Anne-Vale-and-Mike-Sidell-s-Garden
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Notes See all notes
Matthew Henry • 22/06/17
I thought you might be interested to know that Cluanie has been substantially renovated is now surrounded by a significant garden that has been open as part of the Victorian Open Garden Scheme: http://www.opengardensvictoria.org.au/companies/21/62/Cluanie-Anne-Vale-and-Mike-Sidell-s-Garden