Harelands
5 Willsmere Road KEW, Boroondara City

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City of Kew Urban Conservation Study 1988

Statement of Significance

5 Willsmere Road is of significance as an intact and comprehensive example of the hipped form of the Federation house executed by the leading architectural firm of Ussher and Kemp, successfully designed to compliment one of the most prominent building sites in Kew.

- Harelands - National Trust
- Place ID
  22313
- Location
  5 Willsmere Road KEW, Boroondara City
- Municipality
  BOROONDARA CITY
- Heritage Listing
  Boroondara City
- Level of significance
  Included in Heritage Overlay
- Heritage Overlay Numbers
  HO139
- Architectural Style
  Federation/Edwardian Period (1902-c.1918)
- Architect
  Ussher & Kemp
- Category
  
  Residential buildings (private)
- Physical Description 1
  
  Harelands - Physical Description 1
  
  The original owner of this two-storey brick house was W.H.Davies [3 ]. The building stands on a priminent tongue of land and was designed by Ussher and Kemp to take advantage of the exposed position. Built in the form that Tibbits has identified as their 'hipped genre' [4 ], the second storey of the house is enveloped in the sweep of the terracotta tiled hip roof, and piercing out from it are large dormer units, tall corbelled brick chimneys and a squat octagonal turret. At ground floor level, the house has a complex interplay of bay windows, a small porch, and verandahs decorated with turned timber. It remains substantially intact and is one of the key works of the Ussher and Kemp partnership, in this hipped style.
  
  References --
  
  1 Tibbits, G., 'The So-Called Melbourne Domestic Queen Anne', in Historic Environment, Vo12,
  
  No.2, 1982, p.30
  
  2 ibid.
  
  3 ibid.
  
  4 ibid.
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Boroondara - City of Kew Urban Conservation Study
  
  Author: Pru Sanderson Design Pty Ltd
  Year: 1988
  Grading: A
- Show:
- D'ESTAVILLE
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H0201
- POLICE STATION AND FORMER COURT HOUSE
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H0944
- FORMER KEW POST OFFICE
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H0885
- "1890"
  
  Yarra City
- "AMF Officers" Shed
  
  Moorabool Shire
- "AQUA PROFONDA" SIGN, FITZROY POOL
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H1687