Crossakiel
26 Kooyongkoot Road HAWTHORN, Boroondara City
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Statement of Significance
1. Architecturally significant as an example of the domestic work of Henry Browse Gibbs with a design based on his third prize-winning entry in the 1250 pounds category of the 1884 architectural competition organized by the Grace Park Syndicate.
2. Built in 1886 from the designs of the architect, Henry Browse Gibbs, "Crossakiel" has associations with two important Victorian merchants, Richard Guthridge and Randal J. Alcock.
3. Architecturally significant as a fine example of the gracious villas constructed in the boom period of the 1880s, later to be subdivided-in the next wave of development-for flats in the 1930s.
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Crossakiel - Physical Description 1
A fine two storey villa, executed in restrained, elegantly composed render with a hipped slate roof. It adopts one of the standard 1880s two storey villa designs, with a projecting wing and two side verandah of cast iron and timber. Unusual features on this design include; the balconette, the first floor projecting wing which gives implied access from the tall arched head windows, the decorative timber fascia to the verandah at ground floor level, and the tall niches adjoining the ground floor windows. The house is set in a complementary garden.
Heritage Study and Grading
Boroondara - Hawthorn Heritage study 1992
Author: Meredith Gould, Conservation Architects
Year: 1992
Grading: B
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