Nauroy
159 Kooyong Road TOORAK, STONNINGTON CITY
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
'Nauroy', originally known as 'Bonaly' and later 'Chorlton', at 159 Kooyong Road, Toorak, is
significant. The house was built in 1897 for wealthy widow Annie Moira Younghusband. It
underwent renovations in 1903, under the direction of architect W.A.M. Blackett. Sucessive
owners were importer Richard Blackwell ('Chorlton') and Boer War and WWI-hero Major
General Edwin Tivey and then his daughter, Violet ('Nauroy').
It is a two-storey Italianate mansion-villa with rendered masonry walls and a slate-covered
hipped roof. The front facade is largely symmetrical, and is articulated by two shallow
breakfronts, each with a separate hipped roof. The house has a masonry corner porch, instead
of a verandah, and the porch and ground-floor facade are articulated with large triangular
pediments over openings.
The house is significant to its 1897-1903 fabric, including the external building envelope (walls
and roofscape), and particularly the east (front) and north elevations.
The modern alterations and additions, such as the garage on the south side, the bay window at
the rear of the north elevation and associated rear extension, and the high front masonry fence,
are not significant.
How is it significant?
'Nauroy', at 159 Kooyong Road, Toorak is of local architectural and aesthetic significance to
the City of Stonington.
Why is it significant?
'Nauroy' is of architectural significance as an intact example of the substantial dwellings
erected for Toorak's wealthy residents in the nineteenth century. It is a late example of the
Italianate style, with a Renaissance Revival influence. Characteristic Italianate elements include
the low M-profile hipped roof, bracketed eaves, segmentally arched windows, and window
architraves, quoining and stringcourses executed in cement render. (Criterion D)
Aesthetically, it is distinguished by its very solemn and solid appearance, in keeping with the
Renaissance Revival, created by the use of a masonry porch instead of cast-iron verandah, and
particularly by the classical aedicules defining the ground-floor windows and porch openings.
The aedicules exhibit a correct use of the classical orders, each pediment resting on two to four
slender Tuscan-order pilasters below a metope, and sitting on a plinth that wraps around the
base of the house. (Criterion E)
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Nauroy - Physical Description 1
'Nauroy', a large two-storey Victorian villa, stands on a large block of land on the west side of
Kooyong Road, across from Nareeb Court. It has a deep and expansive front and side garden,
which retains a mature Deodar Cedar. Much of the house and garden are hidden from view by
a high modern masonry wall, though the upper floor of the house is clearly visible from the
street.The house is in the Italianate tradition, but its more formal classical details and lack of a
verandah indicate a Renaissance Revival influence. The slate roof is hipped with an M-profile
typical of the Italianate style, with heavy cast brackets to the eaves. The brick walls are finished
in unpainted cement render, with heavy quoins to corners. The two-storey mass of the building
is mostly rectangular in plan, with a room extending out at the rear of the north side. Before it
is a single-storey masonry porch which extends to the facade.The front facade is largely symmetrical, and is articulated by two shallow breakfronts
(projecting bays), each with a separate hipped roof. They are quite similar, except that the
south breakfront extends to the edge of the house and consequently has quoins framing it on
both sides. The northern breakfront has no quoining. To the north of this main, two-storey
mass is the entrance porch. It is single-storey, of rendered masonry, and has a panelled parapet.
The parapet corresponds to a broad beltcourse across the facade, with a panel beneath the
pairs of windows.The first floor windows have shallow segmental arches, and simple moulded architraves. In
contrast, the ground-floor openings are all rectangular and sit within classical aedicules
featuring closed triangular pediments. The porch has a single aedicule to the front, and a row
of three on its north faced. The aedicules exhibit a correct use of the classical orders, each
pediment resting on two to four slender Tuscan-order pilasters below a metope, and sitting on
a plinth that wraps around the base of the house.
As viewed from the front, 'Nauroy' appears to have a high level of intactness. The cornices of
the three chimneys had been removed by 1985, and it appears that a bathroom/kitchen
extension had been built atop the front porch to allow the division of the house into two
apartments (Age 1 June 1985:43). This extension has since been removed, and a canted bay
window added at the rear of the north side elevation, and a single-storey addition made at the
rear and along the south side, incorporating a garage.Nauroy - Local Historical Themes
This place illustrates the following themes, as identified in the Stonnington Thematic Environmental
History (Context Pty Ltd, rev. 2009):3.3.3 Speculators and land boomers
8.2 Middle-class suburbs and the suburban ideal
8.4.1 Houses as a symbol of wealth, status and fashion
8.6.1 Sharing houses
Of historical interest as the home of Major-General Edwin Tivey from c.1920-1947, a leading
Australian military commander of World War I, reflected in the house name 'Nauroy', after a
place on the Western Front.Heritage Study and Grading
Stonnington - City of Stonnington Victorian Houses Study
Author: City of Stonnington
Year: 2016
Grading: A2Heritage Inventory Description
Nauroy - Heritage Inventory Description
Physical description
'Nauroy', a large two-storey Victorian villa, stands on a large block of land on the west side of
Kooyong Road, across from Nareeb Court. It has a deep and expansive front and side garden,
which retains a mature Deodar Cedar. Much of the house and garden are hidden from view by
a high modern masonry wall, though the upper floor of the house is clearly visible from the
street.The house is in the Italianate tradition, but its more formal classical details and lack of a
verandah indicate a Renaissance Revival influence. The slate roof is hipped with an M-profile
typical of the Italianate style, with heavy cast brackets to the eaves. The brick walls are finished
in unpainted cement render, with heavy quoins to corners. The two-storey mass of the building
is mostly rectangular in plan, with a room extending out at the rear of the north side. Before it
is a single-storey masonry porch which extends to the facade.The front facade is largely symmetrical, and is articulated by two shallow breakfronts
(projecting bays), each with a separate hipped roof. They are quite similar, except that the
south breakfront extends to the edge of the house and consequently has quoins framing it on
both sides. The northern breakfront has no quoining. To the north of this main, two-storey
mass is the entrance porch. It is single-storey, of rendered masonry, and has a panelled parapet.
The parapet corresponds to a broad beltcourse across the facade, with a panel beneath the
pairs of windows.The first floor windows have shallow segmental arches, and simple moulded architraves. In
contrast, the ground-floor openings are all rectangular and sit within classical aedicules
featuring closed triangular pediments. The porch has a single aedicule to the front, and a row
of three on its north faced. The aedicules exhibit a correct use of the classical orders, each
pediment resting on two to four slender Tuscan-order pilasters below a metope, and sitting on
a plinth that wraps around the base of the house.
As viewed from the front, 'Nauroy' appears to have a high level of intactness. The cornices of
the three chimneys had been removed by 1985, and it appears that a bathroom/kitchen
extension had been built atop the front porch to allow the division of the house into two
apartments (Age 1 June 1985:43). This extension has since been removed, and a canted bay
window added at the rear of the north side elevation, and a single-storey addition made at the
rear and along the south side, incorporating a garage.
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