Yarraby
66 Heyington Place TOORAK, STONNINGTON CITY
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Statement of Significance
Note that the relevant HERCON criteria are shown in brackets.
What is Significant?
Yarraby at 66 Heyington Place is a single-storey interwar Georgian revival house designed in 1923 by noted architect Frederick Hawkins as his own residence.
Elements that contribute to the significance of the place include (but are not limited to):
-The original external form, materials and detailing.
-The virtually intact state of the exterior.
-The legibility of the original form in views from the public realm.
-The domestic garden setting (but not the fabric of the garden).
-The absence of modern vehicle accommodation in views from Heyington Place.
How is it significant?
Yarraby, 66 Heyington Place, Toorak is of local architectural significance to the City of Stonnington.
Why is it significant?
The house is architecturally significant as distinctive and virtually intact example of an interwar Georgian Revival house with American Colonial overtones (Criterion E). It is also notable as a relatively early example of the idiom, predating the widespread adoption of the Georgian modes in the 1930s.
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Yarraby - Physical Description 1
Yarraby is a single-storey Georgian revival style house sited close to the street boundary. It has a hipped terracotta shingle clad roof and rendered chimneys with arched capping. Its windows are twelve paned double hung sashes with shutters in the Georgian fashion. The wide front facade is symmetrically composed with a central gabled entry porch supported on Tuscan columns. The porch gable end is clad in weatherboard and decorated with an oval louvred vent. Curved wing walls flanking either end of the facade also have oval penetrations. The original garage survives on the south side of the house. The Heyington Place facade is virtually unchanged aside from the loss of the urn finials from the curved wing walls.
Yarraby - Local Historical Themes
Yarraby at 66 Heyington Place, Toorak illustrates the following themes, as identified in the Stonnington Thematic Environmental History (Context Pty Ltd, 2006):
8.4.3 - Architects and their houses
The house is of some historical interest for having been designed by noted architect Frederick Hawkins as his own residence (TEH 8.4.3 - Architects and their houses, Criterion H). It is an important work in Hawkins' oeuvre, demonstrating his concern for developing an Australian architectural style derived from Georgian precedents.Heritage Study and Grading
Stonnington - City of Stonnington Interwar Houses Study
Author: Bryce Raworth Pty Ltd
Year: 2014
Grading: A2
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ILLAWARRAVictorian Heritage Register H0701
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GLYNVictorian Heritage Register H0735
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TOORAK HOUSEVictorian Heritage Register H0207
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