House
513 Strathfieldsaye Road, STRATHFIELDSAYE VIC 3551 - Property No 206957
-
Add to tour
You must log in to do that.
-
Share
-
Shortlist place
You must log in to do that.
- Download report
Statement of Significance
The house built c.1905 at 513 Strathfieldsaye Road is significant, particularly the elevations as seen from Strathfieldsaye Road comprising the central gable with decorative fretwork, and the part of the house encircled by the verandah with timber posts and frieze. Later additions to the house at the rear and side are not significant.
How is it significant?The house at 513 Strathfieldsaye Road, Strathfieldsaye is of local historical and aesthetic significance to the City of Greater Bendigo.
Why is it significant?513 Strathfieldsaye Road is of local historical significance for its association with gardener and later speculator John Webb, and later Stanley Webb, taking the Webb family's occupation of the house to span forty years. Criterion A
The house is of significance for its rural setting and the garden once planted by John Webb, but now much modified. Webb's occupation as a gardener provided an insight into the garden at one point in its history. As one of few substantial late Victorian houses in Strathfieldsaye, it demonstrates a period of development marked by prosperity once agriculture had become established in the region. Criterion E
-
-
House - Physical Description 1
513 Strathfieldsaye Road is set on rising land on a curve of the Strathfieldsaye Road. It has substantial acres in front of the house that contribute to the setting despite being on an adjoining property. The fertile soils around Strathfieldsaye were undisturbed by the mining activities of Bendigo and the land takes on a different, more verdant character.
513 Strathfieldsaye Road is a large late Victorian house built of red brick with a central gable and long wings of hipped roofs. The verandah is of timber posts with a cast iron frieze and brackets. The verandah to the front has been added by the current owners. The gable end has unusual timber fretwork in an elaborate pattern , and the name of the house is set below this in a small panel. The front window in the gable end has been replaced with one of a sympathetic design. The house has undergone some extensions and renovations but remains one of the few substantial Victorian houses in the Strathfieldsaye area. It is enhanced by its agricultural setting and a number of mature exotic trees surrounding the house. The cypresses are planted by the Ham family, however the elm tree is much older and is likely to have been planted in the time of the Webb ownership.
House - Physical Conditions
Good
House - Integrity
Altered
House - Historical Australian Themes
4 Transforming the land
4.4 Farming
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Bendigo - Former Shires of McIvor and Strathfieldsaye Heritage Study
Author: Context P/L
Year: 2008
Grading: Local
-
-
-
-
-
HouseGreater Bendigo City
-
"1890"Yarra City
-
"AMF Officers" ShedMoorabool Shire
-
"AQUA PROFONDA" SIGN, FITZROY POOLVictorian Heritage Register H1687
-
'ELAINE'Boroondara City
-
-oonahYarra City
-
..eld HouseYarra City
-
-