PREFABRICATED RESIDENCE
51 ORMOND ROAD MOONEE PONDS, MOONEE VALLEY CITY
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Statement of Significance
What is Significant?
The residence at 51 Ormond Street, Moonee Ponds is a prefabricated timber (teak), panellised bungalow-style house with two attic rooms and a high-hipped slate roof with dormers (one added by the current owner). A timber-framed verandah with a concave galvanised steel roof, a cast iron narrow frieze and brackets embraces the whole building. The internal layout is symmetrical around a central line through the front door. All finishes appear to be original although some changes are evident in the different panel mouldings (sympathetic to the original fabric) and raised wall height, and the chimney intrusions in the two front rooms. The residence was erected by John Wilson for James H. Bennet and William Little at an unknown location and was relocated to its current site around 1914-15. Its unusual moulded panelling, which is one metre wide and self-supporting, and its method of construction, which incorporates the use of cover straps rather than structural posts placed between the panels, suggests that the house dates from c.1840. Its origin appears to be either American or Australian.
How is it Significant?
The residence is of architectural significance to the State of Victoria.
Why is it Significant?
The house is of architectural significant as a rare and preserved example of a modular panel prefabricated building based on the metric rather than imperial system. The residence is also of architectural significance as it demonstrates an unusual process of construction whereby the panels are placed side by side and joined with a timber cover strap. The more usual method was the widely recognised Manning system, where the wall panels were fitted between grooved posts. The building is one of only two known examples of panellised prefabrication, the other being Seymour Cottage at Romsey.
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PREFABRICATED RESIDENCE - History
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SOURCE: VICTORIAN HERITAGE REGISTER
THE RESIDENCE AT 51 ORMOND ROAD, MOONEE PONDS IS PREFABRICATED, TIMBER,
PANELLISED BUNGALOW-STYLE HOUSE WITH A HIGH HIPPED SLATE ROOF. THE BUILDING
WAS ERECTED AT ITS CURRENT LOCATION C. 1914 BY BUILDER JOHN WILSON FOR JAMES
H. BENNETT AND WILLIAM LITTLE, HOWEVER ITS PANEL MOULDINGS AND METHOD OF
CONSTRUCTION SUGGEST THAT IT DATES FROM C. 1940. THE BUILDING IS BELIEVED TO
BE OF EUROPEAN OR ASIAN ORIGINS DUE TO ITS METRIC MODULAR PLAN FORM AND SOLID
TEAK PANELS.
THE RESIDENCE AT 51 ORMOND ROAD IS OF ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE TO THE STATE
OF VICTORIA.
THE RESIDENCE AT 51 ORMOND ROAD IS ARCHITECTURALLY IMPORTANT AS A RARE AND
PRESERVED EXAMPLE OF TIMBER PREFABRICATED BUILDING. THE HOUSE ILLUSTRATES AN
EXTRAORDINARY PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION AND IS OF SIGNIFICANCE AS A RARE EXAMPLE
OF A PANELLISED, PREFABRICATED DWELLING PLANNED ON A METRIC MODULE. THE
RESIDENCE DEMONSTRATES A RARE METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION WHEREBY THE WALL PANELS
ARE PLACED SIDE BY SIDE AND JOINED WITH A TIMBER COVER STRAP. THIS METHOD
DIFFERS FROM THE MORE WIDELY RECOGNISED MANNING SYSTEM WHERE THE WALL PANELS
WERE FITTED BETWEEN GROOVED POSTS. THE BUILDING IS ONE OF THE ONLY TWO KNOWN
EXAMPLES OF PANELLISED PREFABRICATION, THE OTHER BEING THE SEYMOUR COTTAGE AT
ROMSEY.PREFABRICATED 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.Specific Exemptions:General Conditions:
1. All exempted alterations are to be planned and carried out in a manner which prevents damage to the fabric of the registered place or object.
2. Should it become apparent during further inspection or the carrying out of alterations that original or previously hidden or inaccessible details of the place or object are revealed which relate to the significance of the place or object, then the exemption covering such alteration shall cease and the Executive Director shall be notified as soon as possible.
3. If there is a conservation policy and plan approved by the Executive Director, all works shall be in accordance with it.
4. Nothing in this declaration prevents the Executive Director from amending or rescinding all or any of the permit exemptions.
Nothing in this declaration exempts owners or their agents from the responsibility to seek relevant planning or building permits from the responsible authority where applicable.
Interior Decoration
* Interior painting/wall papering to walls and ceilings, provided the preparation work for painting/papering does not remove evidence of the building’s original paint or decorative scheme.
* Removal of existing carpets/ flexible floor coverings.
* Installation of carpets and flexible floor covering.
* Installation of curtain track, rod, blinds and other window dressings.
* Installation of hooks, nails and other devices for the hanging of paintings, mirrors and other wall mounted works of art.
Rear Addition
* Exterior painting of rear addition
Refurbishment of Bathrooms, Toilets, Kitchens
* Refurbishment of bathroom/toilet including removal of existing sanitary fixtures and associated piping, mirrors and floor coverings, and installation of new fixtures, and wall and floor coverings.
* Removal of any existing benches and fixtures (stoves, dishwashers etc.) and floor coverings and installation of new benches and fixtures, including associated plumbing and wiring.
* Other
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* Re-wiring provided that all new wiring is visually inconspicuous and any original light switches are retained in-situ.
* Installation of smoke detectors
* Installation of insulation.
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