Selkirk House
436 WENDOUREE PARADE, LAKE WENDOUREE - PROPERTY NUMBER 2034846, BALLARAT CITY
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Statement of Significance
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Selkirk House - Physical Description 1
Description
The former Selkirk House is a two-storey brick dwelling that is expressed as a large flat-roofed volume (containing the principal rooms) elevated above the ground to create an undercroft (providing semi-enclosed carparking spaces with a central utility area). Laid out on a C-shaped plan, the main floor level incorporates a central courtyard with a covered in-ground swimming pool. The elongated street facade is symmetrical, with a flight of open-tread steps that leads up to a central recessed entry porch, flanked by continuous bays of large metal-framed fixed and sliding windows. The flat roof, clad with metal decking, has broad fascias and narrow eaves with exposed beams to the side elevations. The upper level projects outward over the lower level, where the central flight of steps is flanked by two double-width carport openings, now screened by powder-coated metal gates (not original). There is a semi-circular brick-paved driveway, defined by low brick walls with tiled capping. A taller brick fence, similar capped, runs along the street boundary, with two driveway entrances that have non-original powder-coated metal gates.
The interior of the house appears to retain many original finishes and features. Ceilings have the distinctive rough-textured finish of sprayed vermiculate (highly fashionable in the 1960s) with exposed beams and flush-mounted rectangular light fittings. The living room has a face brick feature wall, dominated by fireplace with a tall sloping copper fireplace hood. There seems to be a certain amount of built-in timber furniture, include full-width storage units along walls in the lounge room and master bedroom, and smaller units flanking the living room fireplace. Several rooms walls have floral print wallpaper that may not be original, and there are also some colonial-style wall lights that were probably installed when the property changed ownership in the late 1970s. Full-height metal-framed windows and sliding doors open from the main hallway and living room into the central courtyard, and there is also a rear balcony of the living room with mosaic tiled floor and solid brick balustrade with metal railing set into terrazzo capping. The courtyard area has a semi-open roof with exposed beams. The ceramic tiled surround, and the powder-coated safety fence around the pool, are not original.
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