HOUSE AT 314 Yarra Street
314 Yarra Street and 161 Brackenbury Street WARRANDYTE, Manningham City
Warrandyte Township Heritage Area Prec
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Statement of Significance
What is Significant?
The house at 314 Yarra Street, Warrandyte is a random rubble sandstone house built by Myrtle Houston for herself about 1940.
How is it Significant?
The house at 314 Yarra Street, Warrandyte is of local historical and architectural significance to Manningham City.
Why is it Significant?
The house at 314 Yarra Street, Warrandyte is of historical and architectural significance as a particularly intact house in the 'Warrandyte Style' 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 314 Yarra Street - Historical Australian Themes
Local Themes
7.07 - Warrandyte stone buildings
8.02 - Architects
HOUSE AT 314 Yarra Street - Physical Description 1
This simple random rubble sandstone house has a single gable-roof across. At right is a chimney with a pot, expressed externally. At front is a timber verandah, over timber windows.
Comparable to the other house built by Myrtle Houston at 318 Yarra Street, and to the five houses in Warrandyte built by Alexa Goyder at 119, 139 and 151 Brackenbury Street, 300 and 306 (part)
Yarra Street and 32 Mullens Street (part).
Other women builders in the municipality include Meg Henderson (1960-64) and Inge King (1951-56).
HOUSE AT 314 Yarra Street - Physical Conditions
Condition Good
HOUSE AT 314 Yarra Street - Integrity
Integrity Intact
HOUSE AT 314 Yarra Street - Physical Description 2
Key elements
Building
HOUSE AT 314 Yarra Street - Physical Description 3
Associations
Myrtle Houston
Heritage Study and Grading
Manningham - Manningham Heritage Study Review
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2006
Grading: Local
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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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