Wanda
23 Wellington Street KEW, Boroondara City
Queen Street Precinct Kew - HO529
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Statement of Significance
Wanda, at 23 Wellington Street, Kew, is of local historical and architectural significance as a good and relatively externally intact example of a single- storey double-fronted Italianate residence of the late 1880s. While by no means a Federation prototype, it is of interest for its incorporation into a basically Italianate house of elements of the later Federation style.
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Wanda - Physical Description 1
Wanda, at 23 Wellington Street, Kew, is a single-storey double-fronted Italianate villa of brick construction on an asymmetrical plan. The original hipped and gabled roof is finished with slate and punctuated by Hawthorn brick chimneys with rendered caps, the exception being the original kitchen wing located at the north-east corner of the house, which has been re-roofed. Where projecting bays are completed by gable ends, they feature ornate timber fretwork screens. A return cast iron verandah with corrugated galvanised steel skillion roof screens the principal south and west elevations between two projecting wings and features corner pediment, cast iron frieze and brackets with bluestone steps and edging; the floor is obscured from view and it is probable that the verandah had a cast iron balustrade, which has since been removed. The walls display tuckpointed Hawthorn face brick with overpainted rendered dressings on a bluestone plinth. Original bichrome brick window dressings are evident along the east elevation, including the original kitchen wing. The main entrance is located at the end of the west side of the verandah and contains a panelled timber door with leadlight surrounds. Fenestration at the front of the house comprises box bay windows with timber-framed double-hung sashes, the exception being the windows to the projecting bay which have a tripartite arrangement of casement sashes with an arched leadlight highlight.
A building permit was granted for a low timber paling fence in the 1960s, which remains today, albeit with a more recent picket gate and surround.[i] A number of other alterations may have taken place, although none of which detract substantially from the street presentation of the house. A garage was constructed in the north-east corner of the property around 1986, followed by alterations in 1987 and a rear addition around 1992.[ii]
[i] Details sourced from the City of Kew Building Index, #34, dated 28 April 1964.
[ii] Details and drawings sourced from the City of Kew Building Index, #2681, dated 22 January 1986; #3024, dated 29 June 1987 and #92/6391, dated 1 December 1992.
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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