Stanmore
19 Oak Street HAWTHORN, Boroondara City
Fairmount Park Estate Precinct
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Statement of Significance
Stanmore, 19 Oak Street, Hawthorn, is of local historical and architectural significance as a fine and relatively externally intact example of a large Victorian villa. Its planning and design demonstrate the approach to siting substantial homes in prominent hilltop positions and the advantages such a site afforded. While the extensive gardens to the west of the house have been subdivided, an understanding of the setting is still appreciated from the deep side garden area. Stanmore combines more typical construction and Italianate styling with an unusual single-fronted form and an impressive cast iron verandah with intact cast iron work and canted bay. Its highly visible two-storey form in an otherwise single-storey context contributes to its landmark qualities.
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Stanmore - Physical Description 1
Stanmore at 19 Oak Street, Hawthorn, is a substantial two-storey single-fronted Victorian villa of brick construction. The hipped slate roof has bracketed eaves and overpainted rendered brick chimneys with moulded caps and antefixa; the rear chimney retains a bichrome Hawthorn brick finish. The principal south (facade) and west elevations are rendered, while the other walls are brick. All have been overpainted. The south and west elevations are screened by an impressive double-height verandah with cast iron Corinthian columns, balustrade, frieze and brackets and non-original tiled floor, which cranks around the canted bay in the side elevation.
The main entrance is via a panelled timber door with leadlight surrounds which is flanked by a single window opening with arched head and timber-framed double-hung sash window, an arrangement repeated at first floor level. To the rear of the house is an original single-storey service wing which has been extended to the north with a large addition.
The property has a relatively recent palisade fence with rendered masonry piers and powdercoated steel panels and gates. An open carport is constructed between the east elevation and the side fence. With the exception of the fence, carport, overpainting and rear additions, the house appears otherwise relatively externally intact.
Heritage Study and Grading
Boroondara - Review of C* Grade Buildings in the Former City of Hawthorn
Author: Lovell Chen Architects & Heritage Consultants
Year: 2006
Grading: C*Boroondara - Hawthorn Heritage Study
Author: Meredith Gould Conservation Architects
Year: 1993
Grading:Boroondara - Neighbourhood Character Precinct 24 - Heritage Citations
Author: Context
Year: 2015
Grading: Significant
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