MCWHELANS RESIDENCE
5 HOMESTEAD ROAD ELTHAM, NILLUMBIK SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE, CONTEXT, 2010
What is significant?
The early c1950s to early c1970s house and the entire surrounding site to the title boundaries.
How is it significant?
The house is historically, architecturally and aesthetically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.
Why is it significant?
The house is historically significant because it was owned by George Chalmers, a student of Justus Jorgensen and a member of the Montsalvat community (see HO82) (Criterion H). The house is historically and architecturally significant as an illustration of the development of the 'Eltham style' of architecture. Like many other 'Eltham-style' buildings, the house featured the use of recycled materials and was constructed in stages. The use of recycled materials is reflected in the house's name, "McWhelans", after two of the leading wrecking firms of the time. The house was modelled on a magazine photograph (Ideal Home 1949) of the 11th-16th century residence, Bourchiers Hall in England, and is, after Monsalvat, the most accomplished historical revival style dwelling in the Eltham area (Criteria A & F).
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MCWHELANS RESIDENCE - Historical Australian Themes
DISTINCTIVE ELTHAM BUILDING STYLES
EMERGENCE OF AN ELTHAM LIFESTYLE
ARTISTS AND THE ELTHAM LANDSCAPE AND LIFESTYLE
3.14.2 Using Australian materials in construction
4.6 Remembering significant phases in the development of settlements, towns and cities.
8.10.4 Designing and building fine buildings
8.12 Living in and around Australian homes
MCWHELANS RESIDENCE - Physical Description 1
Style vernacular gothic.
Designs one-off.
Plans rectangular.
Single storied with attic rooms to both main buildings. Walls: residence solid coursed bluestone facing concrete rubble, formed in pise fashion studio adobe.
Roofs gabled without eaves, slate clad. Features are the two picturesque, double storied attic main buildings, use of secondhand materials, bluestone and adobe wall construction, external staircase to the studio the courtyard with its fountain and B-B-Q building, the slate slab paving and the front balustraded terrace. The bluestone horse trough from the Kew Mental Asylum farm and the various bluestone bollards are unusual and integral components of the place, as are the front gates. Internally the marble bath, the planning and the use of secondhand materials and fittings including doors and the cast iron stove from the Kew mansion, are all features.
MCWHELANS RESIDENCE - Usage/Former Usage
Original and Continuing Use: Residence and studio
Heritage Study and Grading
Nillumbik - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study
Author: David Bick
Year: 1992
Grading:
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