28 Studley Park Road
28 Studley Park Road KEW, Boroondara City
Barry Street Precinct, Kew
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Statement of Significance
Significance of Individual Property
28 Studley Park Road is of significance as an atypically composed house of the Edwardian period that is a landmark within Kew and in Edwardian architecture in Melbourne generally.
HO143 Barry Street Precinct, Kew
Barry Street Precinct, Kew, is an area of heritage significance for the following reasons:
- The place has an unusual concentration of highly graded buildings, many of which were designed by prominent Melbourne architects.
- The area is one of Melbourne's best concentrations of large late Victorian and Federation house designs, in varied materials and often ably utilising the topography of the area. The precinct also has a number of distinctive designs of the interwar period.
-Many of the streets are marked by original basalt kerbing and grading, and the area features mature gardens and street trees.
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28 Studley Park Road - Physical Description 1
James Acton, a warehouseman, was the original owner and occupier of this two-storey brick house [3]. Attracting an initial N.A.V. of £100[4], the ten-roomed house remained in Acton's ownership until at least 1915 when it was occupied by Donald Ross, the Commissioner for Canada[5]. Due to the grand entrance tower, the house is one of the most prominent Edwardian houses in Melbourne. The tower is two storeyed and built in a combination of red brick and rough cast render. Its terracotta tiled roof has a chinoiserie form with a wide eave, scalloping up to the apex that is surmounted by a magnificent terracotta dragon. The gabled form of the main roof of the house is plainiy solid by comparison and while enveloping two storeys under its sweeping form, it is set free of the tower, serving to heighten the tower's impact.
References --
1 City of Kew, Rate Books, 1905
2 Deacon, H,M., 'Coos A. Cowper: 1868-1954', History Four Thesis, Architecture and Building,
University of Melhourne, 1969. Deacon attributes the house to the architect Christopher
Cowper. This attribution, on stylistic grounds, is seriously questioned.
3 City of Kew, Rate Books, loc.cit
4 ibid.
5 ibid., 1915
Heritage Study and Grading
Boroondara - City of Kew Urban Conservation Study
Author: Pru Sanderson Design Pty Ltd
Year: 1988
Grading: A
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