Haselmere
137 Mont Albert Road CANTERBURY, Boroondara City
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Statement of Significance
Haselmere, at 137 Mont Albert Road, Canterbury, is of local historical and architectural significance as a fine, representative and generally externally intact example of a large Italianate villa residence of the late 1880s, its street presentation dominated by its imposing two-storey verandah. Its framed verandah lace is seen elsewhere in Camberwell, as in several Alma Road houses, and its facetted south-east corner bay is a variation on Camberwell's familiar lookout themes.
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Haselmere - Physical Description 1
Haselmere, at the north-west corner of the Mont Albert Road-Balwyn Road intersection, commanded wide views. Sited on the edge of Mont Albert Road's long ridge, Haselmere is a two-storey brick house with a brick-walled cellar,[i] stuccoed externally and overpainted. The house has a return verandah, with timber posts and valance frames that may be original, enclosing decorative panels of cast iron lace. Lace is used here for a prominent series of fanned column junctions and a set of framed friezes. Haslemere has a south-west corner bay with a wide bracketed eave and an Italianate balustraded parapet above that, facing south-west.[ii] To the extent that the house is visible from the street, the current footprint matches that shown on the c. 1905 MMBW Detail Plan.[iii]
Alterations and additions appear to have been generally internal and/or at the rear of the house,[iv] other than for the construction of a garage and carport. The major surrounding trees are mature and as Graeme Butler has noted, are sympathetic to the style of the house, being conifers and silky oaks. He has also noted that vestiges of the original garden survive in adjoining, subdivided blocks, reflecting the subdivision of Haselmere's land over time.[v]
[i] Noted in the City of Camberwell Building Index, just above the numbered entries.
[ii] Graeme Butler notes that the second bay, to the south-east, has this treatment also, which he suggests may indicate the hand of an architect; G Butler, Camberwell Conservation Study 1991, vol. 4, p. 198.
[iii] MMBW Detail Plan, No. 75, c.1905.
[iv] Details sourced from the City of Camberwell Building Index, 1965, dated 20 October 1930 (unspecified); #31605, dated 29 May 1962, #67072 (internal alterations) #32102, dated 20 November 1962 (a carport). Details and working drawings sourced from the City of Camberwell Building Index: #67072, dated 30 May 1980 (internal alterations to the north wing and an ensuite added to the main two-storey block, within the 1905 footprint and costing $20,000.[v] G Butler, Camberwell Conservation Study 1991, vol. 4, p. 198.
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 - Camberwell Conservation Study
Author: Graeme Butler
Year: 1991
Grading:
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CANTERBURY MANSIONSVictorian Heritage Register H0869
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RESIDENCE (FORMERLY COLINTON)Victorian Heritage Register H1399
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SHRUBLANDSVictorian Heritage Register H2037
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"1890"Yarra City
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"AMF Officers" ShedMoorabool Shire
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"AQUA PROFONDA" SIGN, FITZROY POOLVictorian Heritage Register H1687
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