HOUSE & STABLES
98 ASCOT VALE ROAD,, FLEMINGTON VIC 3031 - Property No 174919
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Statement of Significance
Architecturally, a large prominent and near complete example of a popular suburban villa style (house) which is in a near original landscape setting and possesses stable buildings of remarkable integrity, given their timber construction and fine detailing: of metropolitan importance.
Historically, McKenna is linked with the special role played by this area in race horse training and breeding in Victoria and the stables integrity is a rare and early exemplification of this: of state interest and metropolitan importance.
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HOUSE & STABLES - Physical Description 1
A verandahed Italian villa built in coloured brickwork and appointed with a gabled cast-iron porch which is echoed in the eaves gable above. Twin Canary Island Date Palms frame the house and dominate the early garden layout below, with its asphalt pathways retaining the plan of the 1890s.
Cream brick trim to the openings has been painted over, paint colours have changed, pergolas and new fencing has been added at the rear and a sympathetic picket fence at the front.
At the rear, in the Medieval-derived gabled form commonly used for 19th century stable blocks, an extensive and picturesque timber stable block. Trailing carved barge boards, gable finials, a shingle roof under the iron, worn brick flooring and gabled roof vents combine to provide a remarkably original 19th century timber stable block and yard.
A prominent corner site, made more so by the palms; once one of a number of large villas formerly sited on corners in this part of Ascot Vale Road.
Heritage Study and Grading
Moonee Valley - Flemington and Kensington Conservation Study
Author: City of Melbourne
Year: 1985
Grading:
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FORMER FLEMINGTON COURT HOUSEVictorian Heritage Register H1470
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FORMER NEWMARKET SALEYARDS AND ABATTOIRSVictorian Heritage Register H1430
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"1890"Yarra City
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"AMF Officers" ShedMoorabool Shire
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"AQUA PROFONDA" SIGN, FITZROY POOLVictorian Heritage Register H1687
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