Cottingley
16 Glenroy Road HAWTHORN, Boroondara City
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Statement of Significance
1. A superb example of Prairie house design inspired by WaIter Burley Griffin but from the hand of Billson, his articled assistant and an influential architect in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Few examples of this type survive in Melbourne.
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Cottingley - Physical Description 1
Billson's use of Griffin's design principles does not detract from this design. It is a beautiful house innovatively planned and superbly detailed (see attached plan). The plan shows the most unusual side orientation of the house facing the somewhat narrow garden. There is no division between front and back, and the internal living spaces flow out via covered spaces or terraces to the ground beyond. Billson takes the then unthinkable step of having no living rooms facing the street, rather he places these functionally to get the best relationship with the site. The plan grows around an impressive entry under a porte-cochere. A little unrealistically, there is no garage, nonetheless, the porte cochere draws the house out into the landscape in a horizontal plane and scoops the viewer in. The hall is centrally located and on an axis with the dining room on a raised level. To one side is the large living room, service activities are grouped beyond, bedrooms grouped to the other side of the hall. Billson incorporates built in robes, and for the period, extensive storage elsewhere. A state of the art kitchen and laundry incorporate the most up to date facilities and appliances.
Externally the house is dominated by the two interesting gables. Below the wall planes are juxtaposed to create a plastic effect and the whole is anchored to the ground with an implied plinth. The geometrically divided casement windows decorate the exterior. Wide eaves shade the walls. A fence of render in bays with planter box piers completes the design.
Heritage Study and Grading
Boroondara - Hawthorn Heritage study 1992
Author: Meredith Gould, Conservation Architects
Year: 1992
Grading: B
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BURNLEY GARDENSVictorian Heritage Register H2052
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FORMER HAWTHORN TRAMWAYS TRUST DEPOTVictorian Heritage Register H0876
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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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