Ashcapby
162 Eglinton Street KEW, Boroondara City
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Statement of Significance
Ashcapby, at 162 Eglington Street, Kew, is of local historical and architectural significance. It is a well-designed and externally intact example of a single gable-fronted genre within the general 1920s bungalow style, with a distinctive trellis-fronted verandah. While similar to a number of other related examples in the immediate vicinity, 162 Eglinton Street is distinguished from these by its intactness.
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Ashcapby - Physical Description 1
Ashcapby, at 162 Eglinton Street, Kew, is a single-storey double-fronted late-Edwardian bungalow of timber construction. The gabled roofscape is finished with corrugated galvanised steel and penetrated by tall slender roughcast rendered brick chimneys with non-original terracotta pots. The roof is distinguished by the prominent full-width single gable fronting the street which features half timbering, roughcast infill and louvred vent. The gable projects to the front of the verandah alignment, where it bears on timber posts enhanced by distinctive lattice-like timber fretwork and carved brackets. The symmetrical facade displays roughcast rendered walls above a weatherboard dado with weatherboard cladding elsewhere and an original nameplate flanks the entrance. A half-glazed three-panelled timber entrance door is surrounded by matching fan and sidelights with obscure glazing and is flanked by a pair of tall timber-framed double-hung sash windows with multi-paned top sashes and moulded architraves.
The property is defined by a timber and woven wire fence with wrought iron pedestrian gate and the landscape appears to have been recently renewed. Extensive additions constructed around 1999[i] are restricted to the rear of the house and do not impede on the street presentation.
[i] City of Boroondara Building File No. 40/408/07761, Permit No. 1055-990063-0, BSGM Consulting, dated 25 June 1999.
Heritage Study and Grading
Boroondara - Review of B Graded Buildings in Kew, Camberwell and Hawthorn
Author: Lovell Chen Architects & Heritage Consultants
Year: 2006
Grading: BBoroondara - City of Kew Urban Conservation Study
Author: Pru Sanderson Design Pty Ltd
Year: 1988
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