Italianate House
11-15 Bedford Road RINGWOOD, MAROONDAH CITY
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Statement of Significance
15 Bedford Road is a timber Italianate house, built c1888. It is historically significant to Maroondah as the representative embodiment of rural family life in Ringwood in the 1880s. It is architecturally significant as a representative example of an Italianate house of the period, beyond the suburbs.
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Italianate House - Physical Description 1
A double-fronted hipped-roof timber Italianate house. The right bay projects. Windows are pairs, at right with round heads and mock keystones. The bull-nosed verandah is in the angle. The front has mock ashlar blockwork. There is a frieze mould. The chimney is rendered, with Classical frieze and cornice moulds, with terra-cotta pots. The leadlight glazed door is Edwardian, with a highlight. At the rear is a skillion extension.
Italianate House - Intactness
The verandah may be a reconstruction and its floor has been replaced with a concrete slab. The picket-fence and cast-iron lace are recent.
Heritage Study and Grading
Maroondah - Maroondah Heritage Identification Study
Author: Richard Peterson with Peter Barrett
Year: 1998
Grading:
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RINGWOOD RAILWAY STATIONVictorian Heritage Register H1587
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Former Ringwood Fire StationNational Trust
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Railway StationNational Trust H1587
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