HOUSE
26 FLETCHER STREET,, ESSENDON VIC 3040 - Property No 200298
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The house at 26 Fletcher Street, Essendon to the extent of its c.1905 era form, materials and detailing is significant. The house is a bi-chromatic brick villa. Asymmetrical in plan it has a hip roof clad in slate tiles with a projecting bay and there is a return verandah with a cast-iron frieze. The projecting bay has a pair of round-headed windows. There is another pair of double hung sash timber in the main elevation beneath the verandah, the front door has sidelights and highlights. Other original features include the paired eaves brackets and bi-chromatic brick chimneys.
Later additions and alterations, the front and side fences and other buildings on the site are not significant.
How is it significant?
The house at 26 Fletcher Street, Essendon is of local historic significance to the City of Moonee Valley.
Why is it significant?
Historically, it is significant as a rare and relatively early surviving example of the first phase of suburban development in this part of Essendon in the late nineteenth century. (Criteria A & B)
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HOUSE - Physical Description 1
The house at 26 Fletcher Street, Essendon is a bi-chromatic Federation brick villa, which is situated at the north-east corner of Hoddle Street. Asymmetrical in plan it has a hip roof clad in slate tiles with a projecting bay and there is a return verandah with a cast-iron frieze. The projecting bay has a pair of round-headed windows. There is another pair of double hung sash timber in the main elevation beneath the verandah. the front door has sidelights and highlights. Other original features include the paired eaves brackets and bi-chromatic brick chimneys.
The house is in good condition and has a moderate degree of external integrity. Some of the original materials (e.g. roof slates, verandah details) have been replaced sympathetically. A large two storey addition has been added at the rear along with a masonry and steel grille fence along the front and side boundaries and a new garage in the rear yard.
Heritage Study and Grading
Moonee Valley - Moonee Valley Heritage Overlay Places Review
Author: David Helms Heritage Planning
Year: 2012
Grading: Local
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