MAHDEEN
5 Lloyd Street MALVERN EAST, STONNINGTON CITY
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Federation house known as 'Mahdeen', 5 Lloyd Street, Malvern East, built in 1916.
Elements that contribute to the significance of the place include (but are not limited to):
. the house's original external form, materials and detailing
. the house's high level of integrity to its original design
Later alterations and additions, such as additions to the north and to the rear (west) of the house and outbuildings to the rear, are not significant.
How is it significant?
Mahdeen, 5 Lloyd Street, Malvern East, is of local architectural and aesthetic significance to the City of Stonnington.
Why is it significant?
Mahdeen, 5 Lloyd Street, Malvern East is a fine and representative example of a Federation house. It displays typical features of the Federation Bungalow architectural style popular in the 1910s in Malvern East and across Melbourne more broadly, including simple massing with a large roof plane, a broad, deep verandah and deeply recessed balcony and the use of materials such as wall-hung shingles (Criterion D).
Mahdeen, 5 Lloyd Street, Malvern East, is a well-considered and carefully detailed example of what can broadly be defined as a Federation Bungalow house. The simple design, with broad main gable roof and deeply recessed balcony to the first floor roof space, together with the restrained use of distinctive architectural elements, including wall-hung shingles, presents a picturesque composition of this architectural style (Criterion E).
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MAHDEEN - Physical Description 1
The dwelling at 5 Lloyd Street, known as Mahdeen, is an attic storey, detached villa set on a corner allotment. The dwelling is characterised by its an asymmetrical facade, with a square emphasis in plan. The design draws from the Federation Bungalow style, incorporating characteristic elements such as the simple massing, broad, simple roof plan and gabled roof that extends over the wraparound verandah. The 1916 dwelling remains in a good condition.
The walls are clad with square edge weatherboards and the gable roof is clad in slate, with terracotta ridge tiles, ridge cappings and fern finials (Figure 2). Three tall red brick chimneys remain, with brick corbelling and one or two terracotta pots (Figure 2). The prominent attic gable is finished in timber board with vertical strapwork, and hung fish scale timber shingles to the gable end (Figure 3). A hood, supported on timber brackets and hung with timber shingles extends over the decorative timber surrounds of the recessed balcony (Figure 3). The balcony balustrade is hung timber shingles with a solid top (Figure 3). Partially visible from the street are a pair of timber four-pane double hung sash windows to enter the balcony.
The projecting gables on the east (Lloyd Street) and south (Summerhill Ave) elevations have hung timber shingles to the gable end (Figure 4). The windows are timber double hung sashes, with coloured leadlight glazing and highlights. A slate window hood, supported on decorative timber brackets, protects the projecting bay window (Figure 4). A second bay window with matching leaded glass is located under the verandah. The wraparound verandah is supported on slim stop chamfered timber columns with decorative brackets and an arched screen frieze with floral motif (see Figure 5). The floor is early timber boards. The original front door is timber panelled, with lead lighting and coloured glass lights. A modern screen door obscures this from view.
A number of small modern additions are present down the northern side of the dwelling. Access is provided from the southern boundary to modern garages at the rear of the site, adjacent a gable roof weatherboard outbuilding (date not confirmed). The site is bounded by a modern white timber picket fence with stop chamfered posts and ball finials and a decorative timber gate. A number of mature trees are located in the frontage.
Integrity
The house retains a high degree of integrity to the Federation Bungalow style, in fabric, form and detail. While the house has undergone some alterations and additions, these do not diminish the ability to understand and appreciate the place as a fine example of a Federation house.
Heritage Study and Grading
Stonnington - City of Stonnington Federation Houses Study
Author: GJM Heritage Pty Ltd
Year: 2017
Grading: Local
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