GLEN VIEW
3 Nyora Street MALVERN EAST, STONNINGTON CITY
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Federation house known as Glen View, 3 Nyora Street, Malvern East, a single-storey dwelling built in 1913.
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 the carport to the east, and an addition and outbuildings to the rear, are not significant.
How is it significant?
Glen View, 3 Nyora Street, Malvern East, is of local architectural and aesthetic significance to the City of Stonnington.
Why is it significant?
Glen View, 3 Nyora Street, Malvern East, is a fine and highly intact example of a Federation house. The house strongly reflects the Federation Queen Anne architectural style popular in the first decade of the twentieth century in Malvern East and across Melbourne more broadly. The asymmetrical composition with complex roof forms and multiple gable ends, along with architectural elements and materials such as tall chimneys, half-timbering with roughcast render, and timber verandah detailing, are typical of the style. The use of quality materials and elaborate detailing imparts a sense of grandeur and demonstrates the status of the owner in wealthy established areas such as Malvern East in the early twentieth century (Criterion D).
Glen View, 3 Nyora Street, Malvern East, is a carefully designed and well-resolved example of a Federation house. The asymmetrical massing with sweeping roofs, projecting gable-end bays and tall chimneys present a picturesque composition of this architectural style (Criterion E).
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GLEN VIEW - Physical Description 1
The dwelling at 3 Nyora Street is an attic storey, detached dwelling on a large allotment. Set towards the front of the block, the dwelling is located within an established garden setting with several mature trees. Characteristic of the Federation Queen Anne style, the 1913 dwelling remains in good condition.
The wall construction is square edged weatherboard on a timber frame and the roof is clad in slate, with terracotta trefoil ridge cappings, ridge tiles and fern finials (Figure 4). Two tall chimneys are located on either side of the main hip roof, with roughcast render stacks, brick strapping, flat cap and two terracotta pots per chimney (Figure 4). Gabled bays with simple bargeboards project to the east and south and are supported on decorative timber brackets (Figure 5). The gable ends are clad in roughcast render and vertical timber strapping that continues to form the bay window head. The windows are double hung sashes with notched timber shingles below. The central dormer is a simple gable form with a plain bargeboard and gable infill and a pair of double hung sash windows with coloured leadlight to the top sash (Figure 4).
The main hipped roof has a shallower pitch that incorporates the return verandah which is supported on square timber posts with capitals, with ornate timber brackets and a decorative wave and stylised flower motif frieze (Figure 1). The verandah floor is original timber board with entrance stairs located on the western side. A modern screen door conceals the main front door from view. An additional bay window is located on the verandah return with notched timber shingles below, and a porthole window is located at the far end of the verandah.
The site is bounded by an original undulating timber picket fence with central gate. A modern carport, accessed via a concrete driveway, is located on the eastern side of the dwelling. To the west is a small addition, constructed in 1995, and a series of modern outbuildings at the rear.
Integrity
The house retains a high degree of integrity to the Federation Queen Anne 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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