RESIDENCE
2 RIVERVIEW ROAD ESSENDON, MOONEE VALLEY CITY
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The house at No.2 Riverview Road Essendon was designed in 1935 for Evan Price by architects Mewton and Grounds; the builder was C Hutley of Brighton. The house is predominantly two-storey with face brickwork in the European Modern style. The roofs are flat and there is a combination of parapets and projecting eaves.
How is it significant?
No.2 Riverview Road is significant for architectural reasons
Why is it significant?
The house at No.2 Riverview Road, Essendon is architecturally significant as an important example of the work of avant-garde architects Geoffrey Mewton and Roy Grounds. Mewton and Grounds were influential in the development of modernist architecture in Victoria and the style, technology and construction technique of the house at No.2 Riverview Road demonstrates their philosophies and intent through its open plan form and functional design.
The house is a successful local adaptation of European Modern and remains today as a rare, relatively intact example of a design type.
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RESIDENCE - Permit Exemptions
General Exemptions:General exemptions apply to all places and objects included in the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR). General exemptions have been designed to allow everyday activities, maintenance and changes to your property, which don’t harm its cultural heritage significance, to proceed without the need to obtain approvals under the Heritage Act 2017.Places of worship: In some circumstances, you can alter a place of worship to accommodate religious practices without a permit, but you must notify the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria before you start the works or activities at least 20 business days before the works or activities are to commence.Subdivision/consolidation: Permit exemptions exist for some subdivisions and consolidations. If the subdivision or consolidation is in accordance with a planning permit granted under Part 4 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and the application for the planning permit was referred to the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria as a determining referral authority, a permit is not required.Specific exemptions may also apply to your registered place or object. If applicable, these are listed below. Specific exemptions are tailored to the conservation and management needs of an individual registered place or object and set out works and activities that are exempt from the requirements of a permit. Specific exemptions prevail if they conflict with general exemptions. Find out more about heritage permit exemptions here.
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