HOUSE AT 318 Yarra Street
318 Yarra Street and 165 Brackenbury Street WARRANDYTE, Manningham City
Warrandyte Township Heritage Area Prec
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Statement of Significance
What is Significant?
The house at 318 Yarra Street, Warrandyte is a random rubble sandstone house built by Myrtle Houston about 1940 with help from Alexa Goyder.
How is it Significant?
The house at 318 Yarra Street, Warrandyte is of local historical and architectural significance to Manningham City.
Why is it Significant?
The house at 318 Yarra Street, Warrandyte is of historical and architectural significance as a particularly intact work by the local female builder, Myrtle Houston. It demonstrates her creative contribution to the building tradition of Warrandyte. (RNE criteria A.4, D.2 and H.1)
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HOUSE AT 318 Yarra Street - Historical Australian Themes
Local Themes
7.07 - Warrandyte stone buildings
HOUSE AT 318 Yarra Street - Physical Description 1
The house at 318 Yarra Street, Warrandyte is constructed of Mt Gambier limestone as a long low pavilion. The low hipped roof incorporates a verandah at the front and right hand side and there is a skillion extension at the rear. There is one chimney.
There is a stone garage at right to the front of the house and two other asbestos cement outbuildings. The buildings are set within mature gardens.
HOUSE AT 318 Yarra Street - Physical Conditions
Condition Good
HOUSE AT 318 Yarra Street - Physical Description 2
Associations
Myrtle Houston
Heritage Study and Grading
Manningham - Manningham Heritage Study Review
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2006
Grading:
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FORMER WARRANDYTE WINE HALLVictorian Heritage Register H1150
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WARRANDYTE MINER'S COTTAGEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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'THE ISLAND' DIVERSION CUTTINGVictorian Heritage Inventory
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