21 Coppin Grove
21 Coppin Grove HAWTHORN, Boroondara City
St James Park Estate, Hawthorn
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Statement of Significance
Significance of Individual Property
1. Amongst the oldest surviving mansion houses in Melbourne.
2. Possibly the best example of the domestic use of the picturesque Gothic Revival.
3. Significant for its association with Palmer, and McPherson.
4. A pivotal building in the development of Hawthorn, which had a major influence in the eventual garden suburb character.
5. The centrepiece of the St. James Park Subdivision.
6. One of the largest private gardens in Melbourne.
Significance of Gardens at Individual Property
The garden of "Invergowrie" is of metropolitan significance:
1. For the retention of the original layout and some garden ornaments - statue, fountain base, sundial.
2. For its mature and exotic trees, and
3. For the Aboriginal scarred trunk of River Red Gum in the front lawn.
HO163 St James Park Estate, Hawthorn
The St. James Park Estate, Hawthorn, is an area of heritage significance for the following reasons:
- The place is a Victorian-era mansion estate, developed in the second half of the nineteenth century as Melbourne's wealthier residents sought accommodation away from industry and the cramped living conditions of the inner-city, in a more physically desirable location, but still close to the city. Several of the streets offer broad views of Richmond and Hawthorn East.
- The place contains an exceptional number of individual buildings of historical and architectural merit including Victorian-era mansions as well as large Federation and interwar-era dwellings. Individually significant buildings include Invergowrie and its gate lodge, the Glucksburg trio, Hawthorn House and Zetland.
-The place has important historical associations with Sir James Palmer who erected Burwood (now Invergowrie), and George Coppin who subdivided and sold the area in 1871-1982.
- The place is representative of the growth of Hawthorn as a Victorian garden suburb from the 1850s up until to the interwar period.
-Development in the area also reflected its proximity to rail links (from the early
1860s) and the development of the tram network (c. 1912-3).
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21 Coppin Grove - Physical Description 1
A Gothic Revival house of one tall wing, ground floor and a tiny attic storey. The walls are of rough ashlar or coursed random rubble and the roof is slate. Decorated gables dominate the picturesque compositions, embellished by timber fretwork gable barges and elaborate, heavy turned finials. Dormers to the attic storey rise from the gutter level and mimic ~b~ gable end treatment.
A large wing incorporating a bay to give garden access dominates the composition. The entrance off the long axis of the house is a two storey gabled affair with recessed entry porch below. Between these two key vertical elements, the long axis of the house is interspersed with tall openings giving access to the garden from the main function rooms. A verandah is a latter addition.
The roof is decorated with a timber octagonal bellcote and somewhat plain chimney stacks.
The house has a strong relationship with the garden. Many doors provide access to it directly from the floor level to the ground level outside. Four other buildings are located in the grounds; .~ stable of 1851, and three buildings from the period of occupation by the Headmistresses Association, namely ,the Annexe of 1935, the hall of 1957 and the cottage of 1938. The grounds are substantial and include many mature trees (see separate information for the garden).
The original gatehouse survives in Burwood Road.
Heritage Study and Grading
Boroondara - Hawthorn Heritage study 1992
Author: Meredith Gould, Conservation Architects
Year: 1992
Grading: A
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FORMER INVERGOWRIE LODGEVictorian Heritage Register H0517
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FORMER BRIDGE HOTELVictorian Heritage Register H0449
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INVERGOWRIEVictorian Heritage Register H0195
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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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