HOUSE AT 285 High Street
285 High Street TEMPLESTOWE LOWER, Manningham City
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Statement of Significance
What is Significant?
The house, constructed by 1922 for Frank McNamara, at 285 High Street, Lower Templestowe.
How is it Significant?
The house at 285 High Street, Lower Templestowe is of local historic and aesthetic significance to Manningham City.
Why is it Significant?
The house at 285 High Street, Lower Templestowe has historic significance as a representative example of the more substantial houses that were erected by orchardists during the peak years of the orchard industry during the 1920s. (RNE criteria B.2)
The house at 285 High Street, Lower Templestowe has aesthetic significance as a well preserved example of a transitional late-Edwardian residence incorporating details characteristic of the Californian Bungalow style. (RNE criterion E.1)
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HOUSE AT 285 High Street - Historical Australian Themes
Local Themes
5.02 - Orchards & market gardens
HOUSE AT 285 High Street - Physical Description 1
The house at 285 High Street, Lower Templestowe is a double-fronted, hip-roofed weatherboard transitional bungalow with Edwardian massing and California Bungalow decorative details. The left hand bay projects as a gable with a verandah in the angle. The gable is clad with shaped timber shingles above a rectangular bay window with a skillion hood. There is another shallow bay window, three-sided, on the left side of the house. The sash windows are glazed with small rectangles of glass held in lead cames. The roof has exposed rafters and new corrugated metal cladding. Although minor modifications have been made, the house retains a high degree of external integrity and is in excellent condition.
The house is set within a cottage garden of mostly recent plantings, which provides an appropriate setting. The front picket fence is also appropriate, but not original.
HOUSE AT 285 High Street - Physical Conditions
Condition Excellent
HOUSE AT 285 High Street - Integrity
Integrity Minor modifications
HOUSE AT 285 High Street - Physical Description 2
Threats None apparent
HOUSE AT 285 High Street - Physical Description 3
Key elements
Building
Garden
Heritage Study and Grading
Manningham - Manningham Heritage Study Review
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2006
Grading:
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