HOUSE
299 BRUNSWICK ROAD,, BRUNSWICK VIC 3056 - Property No 416
Phillipstown
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The house at 299 Brunswick Road, Brunswick, constructed by 1905, issignificant.Non-original alterations and additions and the front fenceare not significant.How is it significant?
The house at 299 Brunswick Road, Brunswick, is of local representative and aesthetic significance to the City of Moreland.
Why is it significant?
It is significant as a representative example of a 'Victorian Italianate Survival' house with form, materials and detailing that reflects the transition in housing styles that occurred around the turn of the century. Here, the 'Italianate' style including the symmetrical form, the M-profile hipped roof form with separate front verandah with classical-style cast iron posts and frieze, timber brackets and other eaves decoration, and imitation Ashlar boards to the facade is combined with Federation/Edwardian style paired timber windows on either side of the entry door and the corbelled red brick chimney. (Criterion D)
It is of aesthetic significance for the fine timber detailing to the windows and front door, and the arched central entry portico, which projects slightly from the line of the verandah. The architraves to the windows and doors are in the form of pilasters with capital mouldings while the windows have curved timber aprons below the sills. The portico is supported by paired columns and has a timber bargeboard with pronounced circular lobes. (Criterion E)
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HOUSE - Physical Description 1
Built in 1906, this single-storey timber house could be described as 'Victorian Survival' or 'Italianate Survival' as it has characteristics associated with both the Victorian era 'Italianate' style and the Federation/Edwardian era styles more closely associated with the new century. Characteristics associated with the 'Italianate' style include the symmetrical form with central entry door with sidelights and highlights, the M-profile hipped roof form clad in (nonoriginal) corrugated iron with separate verandah with cast-iron classical style posts and frieze featuring a semi-circular motif, paired eaves brackets separated by medallions and elongated timber panels, and imitation Ashlar boards to the facade. Characteristics associated with the Federation/Edwardian styles include the paired timber windows on either side of the entry door; deep timber architraves around the windows and front door, with vertical edges resembling pilasters with capital mouldings; curved timber aprons below the paired windows, the corbelled brick chimney, and the bullnose profile of the verandah.
A distinctive feature of the verandah is the arched portico, which projects slightly forward. The portico is supported by paired columns and has a timber bargeboard with pronounced circular lobes and a finial.
HOUSE - Intactness
The house appears to be largely intact, with sympathetic alterations including a new metal sheet roof. The bargeboard to the portico could be a sympathetic replacement. Possibly, one chimney has been removed.
Heritage Study and Grading
Moreland - Moreland Heritage Gaps Study 2017
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2017
Grading: Local
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