11 Wellington Street
11 Wellington Street KEW, Boroondara City
Queen Street Precinct Kew - HO529
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Statement of Significance
11 Wellington Street, Kew is of local historical and architectural significance as a good and highly externally intact example of duplex apartment design dating from the WWII period, featuring typical overall form, solid demeanour, accentuated entrance stair and use of materials. It is distinctive for its use of colour in brickwork, with brickwork arranged in large contrasting panels that most closely resemble those on contemporary cinemas. The property retains its original garages and front fence, complete with wrought iron gates.
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11 Wellington Street - Physical Description 1
The pair of flats at 11 Wellington Street, Kew, comprises a double-storey Streamline Modern building of brick construction on an asymmetrical plan which, on face value, appears as a single dwelling. The hipped roof is generally finished with glazed terracotta tiles, the exception being a small section of flat roof behind the parapet of the main entrance bay which marks the stairwell. The stepped facade is divided into four bays and this, together with the side elevations, display rich cream textured face brickwork with a wide band of pale cream brick further defined by string courses of brown tapestry brick. The brown brick is repeated in a ribbed vertical 'fin' and additional string courses in the entrance bay and chimney. Fenestration is regular and repetitive between floors and three of the four bays contain corner window openings with original steel-framed fixed and casement sashes; there are two porthole windows - one with original etched glass, the other with non-original leadlight and glass blocks are located within the fin element. Each flat is accessed via a timber-framed door with original ribbed glazing and wrought iron screen door located within the stairwell of the central entrance. The stairs retain a wrought iron balustrade as does a cantilevered concrete balcony. The floor of the porch below has been retiled; however the property appears otherwise externally intact.
A matching low brick fence is constructed along the frontage and east side boundary, which is complete with original wrought iron gates. A pair of single garages is constructed of matching brickwork.
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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