ASCOT HOUSE
50-52 FENTON STREET, ASCOT VALE, MOONEE VALLEY CITY
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Statement of Significance
"Ascot House" at 50-52 Fenton Street, Ascot Vale, was built for the entrepreneur and politician, John Thomas Smith in c.1859-60. It is historically important (Criterion A) and rare (Criterion B) as a very early and substantial surviving villa residence recalling the first phase in the settlement of the area. It is important for its associations with John Thomas Smith and subsequently Arthur A. Fenton (Criterion G) and as a possible work of noted architect and son of J.T. Smith, Sydney Smith. The building has aesthetic importance (Criterion E) for its unusual cast iron lace work and is further distinguished by the survival of interior fittings and silverware and by Its landscaped setting
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ASCOT HOUSE - Physical Description 1
A substantial two storeyed Italianate villa having a single storeyed facade formerly with a driveway to Mount Alexander Road. The upper level is stuccoed in the Italianate manner with a niche by the main entry but in other respects plainly treated in the fashion of the mid Victorian period. The verandah, extended to approximately twice its original width, has cast iron columns and lacework with unusually restrained ballustrading using quatrefoil motifs. The lower level is principally of bluestone with brick dressings although there are over painted face brick additions and an east facing two storeyed bay.
ASCOT HOUSE - Integrity
Condition: Sound. Integrity: High, later rear additions, includes interior fire surrounds, ceiling roses, furniture, silverware, and early Majolica (?) fireplace.
ASCOT HOUSE - Historical Australian Themes
4.6 Remembering significant phases in the development of towns and suburbs.
Heritage Study and Grading
Moonee Valley - City of Moonee Valley Heritage Study
Author: Andrew Ward
Year: 1998
Grading:
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FORMER ROYAL PARK PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALVictorian Heritage Register H2062
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PREFABRICATED RESIDENCEVictorian Heritage Register H1207
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GLENDALOUGHVictorian Heritage Register H1202
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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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