HOUSE
242 MARIBYRNONG ROAD,, MOONEE PONDS VIC 3039 - Property No 175536
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Statement of Significance
The house at no. 242 Maribyrnong Road, Moonee Ponds, was built in 1886 for John Alves, publican of the Anglers Hotel on the Saltwater River at Maribyrnong Road. It has historic and aesthetic significance. It is historically important (Criterion A) as a nineteenth century building at the west end of the Maribyrnong Road which was a location attractive at the time to those associated with the Maribyrnong River, one of Essendon's playgrounds. The house at no. 242 is important also for its association with John Alves, publican of the Anglers hotel, a long standing hotel on the Maribyrnong River re-built presumably by Alves in a manner comparable with his house. Herein lies a dimension of its aesthetic importance (Criterion E), the symmetrical treatment with surmounting pediments and late Boom Style flamboyance being characteristic of both the hotel, since demolished, and the house.
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HOUSE - Physical Description 1
A symmetrical late Victorian polychrome brick Boom period villa with centrally located vestibule and entry emphasized by coupled columns and a projecting pediment to the cast iron verandah with surmounting gablet at eaves level enriched by an oculus vent with cast iron infill. The verandah has a timber frieze rail and there are symmetrical chimneys, the roof having later tiles and the eaves being bracketed with swags. The facade windows are coupled and the ironwork is distinguished especially by the work in the tympanum of the verandah pediment.
HOUSE - Integrity
Condition: Sound. Integrity: High.
HOUSE - Historical Australian Themes
4. Building settlements, towns and cities. 4.1.2. Making suburbs (Moonee Ponds).
Heritage Study and Grading
Moonee Valley - City of Moonee Valley Heritage Study
Author: Andrew Ward
Year: 1998
Grading:
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ESSENDON INCINERATOR COMPLEXVictorian Heritage Register H0434
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