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Craymer House (former); Humara Ghur
146-148 Winmalee BALWYN, BOROONDARA CITY
Craymer House (former); Humara Ghur
146-148 Winmalee BALWYN, BOROONDARA CITY
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Craymer House (former); Humara Ghur - Physical Description 1
Set at an angle to the street on a large allotment, the house at 146-148 Winmalee Road, Balwyn, is a two-storey brick dwelling with pale-coloured rendered finish and a low hipped roof of terracotta pantiles, with narrow eaves, slatted timber linings and plain chimneys to the east and west sides. Designed in the Mediterranean style, the house has a symmetrical street facade dominated by a tripartite loggia at ground level with a recessed balcony directly above. The loggia, which comprises three round arches and a pair of Roman Doric columns, opens onto shallow steps flanked by rendered plinths. The balcony above has a moulded sill and incorporates an elongated cartouche motif. Flanking these centrally-placed openings are pairs of rectangular windows with multi-paned timber-framed double-hung sashes, projecting sills and louvred timber shutters painted in a pale green tone. The windows along the two side elevations are similarly treated, although not all of them have louvred shutters, and some have single pane sashes rather than double-hung ones.
The house has a formal landscaped setting that is believed to retain at least some of Edna Walling’s scheme from 1932 (see discussion under ‘Integrity’). The street boundary is marked by a retaining wall of uncoursed stone, with ornate black- painted metal gates across the driveway, which extends around to the rear of the house. The western boundary of the property is marked by a very large cypress hedge, and a mature eucalypt tree is evident in the back yard.
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