Kinvonvie
42 Lisson Grove HAWTHORN, Boroondara City
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Statement of Significance
1. Historically significant for its associations with Donald Munro, auctioneer of the successful then bankrupt firm of Munro and Baillieu, and son of James Munro, Premier of Victoria, founder of the Federal Bank and the New Estate Bank. Both father and son became prominent in the' Victorian land boom.
2. "Kinvonvie" is architecturally significant as an example of the simpler garden villa designs from the 1870s.
3. Significant for its contribution to the Victorian Garden Suburb precinct at Lisson Grove.
4. The concrete block fence is architecturally significant for its elaborate design and probable early date. Possibly a proprietary standard form.
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Kinvonvie - Physical Description 1
A wide, gracious, single storey villa, with full width verandah returning to each side. The roof is slate, simply hipped and embellished only by simple eaves brackets. The simple double hung windows extend to the floor level and provide direct access from the principal rooms to the verandah. The entrance door is wide, emphasised by double columns on the verandah. (Note restoration works have occurred to the verandah, extent unclear). The house is set close to the road, but has an extensive garden. The verandah uses square timber posts and straightforward cast iron.
The front fence is early, simulated stone, concrete blocks c1910, here used in an inventive manner with planter boxes formed into the piers.
Heritage Study and Grading
Boroondara - Hawthorn Heritage study 1992
Author: Meredith Gould, Conservation Architects
Year: 1992
Grading: B
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