HOUSE AT 8 MONCKTON ROAD
8 MONCKTON ROAD TEMPLESTOWE, Manningham City
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Statement of Significance
SIGNIFICANCE: Two unusually massive timber gateposts, hand-wrought and apparently early. Of local historical interest.
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HOUSE AT 8 MONCKTON ROAD - Physical Description 1
VISUAL DESCRIPTION: Two unusually massive timber gateposts, 4,900 apart, 1,440mm height and 340x330mm in section, with unusually axed shaped heads. The soft timber has a vertical wavy open grain, with traces of white paint and the heads have been rendered. There are axed sockets for rails and wrought iron fittings. The drive passes over a 450mm steel pipe drain and there are ten pine trees on the road boundary. The site is otherwise vacant.
HOUSE AT 8 MONCKTON ROAD - Intactness
INTACTNESS: Very good.
HOUSE AT 8 MONCKTON ROAD - Physical Description 2
CONDITION & THREATS: Fair. Threatened by development of site.
Heritage Study and Grading
Manningham - Doncaster & Templestowe Heritage Study Additional Sites Recommendations
Author: Richard Peterson
Year: 1993
Grading:
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SOLAR HOUSEVictorian Heritage Register H1312
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NEWMAN LONE GRAVEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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PONTVILLEManningham City H1395
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