21 Edgecombe Street
21 Edgecombe Street KEW, BOROONDARA CITY
Clutha Estate Precinct Kew - HO525
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21 Edgecombe Street - Physical Description 1
21-23 Edgecombe Street, Kew, comprises an attached pair of double-storey interwar flats which read as a single large house. The simple hipped roof form is clad with terracotta tiles and is penetrated by a pair of cream face brick chimneys which have engaged chimney breasts and a distinctive Art Deco-inspired vertical streamline of glazed tapestry brick. The asymmetrical facade displays clinker brick construction with contrasting banding of cream face brick flanked by a single course of dark glazed brick. The stepped facade comprises a massing of four broad bays. Each flat has a small cantilevered concrete entrance porch with wrought iron balustrade and original timber-framed entrance doors with ribbed glazing. No. 21 has a non-original screen door and No. 23 has non-original porch tiling. Fenestration between floor levels is irregular however all openings contain original steel-framed fixed and casement sashes.
Both houses have a matching brick garage at the end of each driveway in front of which a non-original timber-framed carport has been constructed to No.21. The property is screened by an original cream face brick fence.
Heritage Study and Grading
Boroondara - Kew Heritage Precincts Study
Author: Lovell Chen
Year: 2012
Grading: ContributoryBoroondara - Review of B Graded Buildings in Kew, Camberwell and Hawthorn
Author: Lovell Chen Architects & Heritage Consultants
Year: 2006
Grading: CBoroondara - City of Kew Urban Conservation Study
Author: Pru Sanderson Design Pty Ltd
Year: 1988
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THE HAWTHORNSVictorian Heritage Register H0457
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D'ESTAVILLEVictorian Heritage Register H0201
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POLICE STATION AND FORMER COURT HOUSEVictorian Heritage Register H0944
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