Ross House (formerly Charleville)
292 Cotham Road KEW, Boroondara City
-
Add to tour
You must log in to do that.
-
Share
-
Shortlist place
You must log in to do that.
- Download report
Statement of Significance
The former 'Charleville' is of significance as one of the key mansions to have been built in Kew in the late nineteenth century and for having remained in a substantially intact state. It is also of significance as a loggiaed two storeyed Italianate house of the period.
-
-
Ross House (formerly Charleville) - Physical Description 1
The initial N.A.V. of this brick thirteen-roomed, boom period mansion with stables and a coach house was £140 [ 3 ]. The contractor G. Ginham [ 4 ] built the house for Charles A. Dona1dson, whose family occupied it until 1939 when it was purchased by Thomas King, surgeon [ 5 ], Following King's ownership, the property passed to Stillwell Investments PIL, in 1964 [ 6 ].
Due to limited access to the site, the description given of the house by the National Trust of Australia (Vie.), based on their research of 1976, is given here: '... a two storey mansion built in 1889 for Charles A. Donaldson. Constructed of stuccoed brickwork on a b1uestone plinth, the house is symmetrically arranged with a double stoned arcade supporting a balustraded parapet to three sides. Corinthian columns support the arcade and the piers are decorated with Corinthinan pilasters. The original decorations to some principal rooms remain....(it) is a Boom Style mansion, important in its townscape and of most considerable architectural importance both for the design of its facade and for the original decorations which remain in the principal rooms. Substantial grounds remain. The detailing of the arcade is particularly distinctive. Internally, original wall and ceiling finishes and original paint colours remain ... Of State significance:
References --
1 National Trust of Aust.(Vic), Building Citation: 'Ross House', Originally 'Charleville'
2 Architects' Index, University of Melboume
3 National Trust of Aust.(Vic), 'Research into "Ross House"...', 6 December 1976
4 Architects' Index
5 National Trust of Aust.(Vic), loc.cit,
6 ibid.
Heritage Study and Grading
Boroondara - City of Kew Urban Conservation Study
Author: Pru Sanderson Design Pty Ltd
Year: 1988
Grading: A
-
-
-
-
-
ROTHAVictorian Heritage Register H0510
-
ROSS HOUSE (KEW)Victorian Heritage Register H0202
-
TALANAVictorian Heritage Register H2382
-
"1890"Yarra City
-
"AMF Officers" ShedMoorabool Shire
-
"AQUA PROFONDA" SIGN, FITZROY POOLVictorian Heritage Register H1687
-
-