Hills View
849-51 Heidelberg Road, ALPHINGTON VIC 3078
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Statement of Significance
Hills View is representative ofthe substantial Italianate style houses erected by Melbourne's industrialists in the late 19th century. It was built as the home of Barnet Glass, Australia's first India rubber manufacturer and, subsequently, was the home of a pioneering Alphington family and successful quarry owner Thomas Adams.
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Hills View - Physical Description 1
Hills View is a large asymmetrical single-storey, rendered brick house with an extensive return cast iron verandah. The parapet is balustraded and features piers, urns and a pediment bearing the name of the house. The chimneys have moulded cappings and barrelled tops.
A continuous moulded string course articulates the lower walls and corners have rendered quoining. Beneath the pediment is a tripartite arrangement of arched double-hung sash windows divided by cast iron Corinthian colonettes.
Arched niches are set into the walI. An arched entrance porch opens from the verandah, leading to the richly decorated front door with a segmented arched fanlight.
Hills View has lost most of its cast-iron verandah balustrading and some of its parapet urns. Additions exist on the northern side. The Hills View Estate of c1920 has taken most of Hills View's grounds and its tennis court. Some mature conifers remain on the east but the boundary fence (picket) has been replaced
Heritage Study and Grading
Darebin - Darebin Heritage Review
Author: Andrew Ward
Year: 2000
Grading: Local
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WALLER HOUSE AND COLLECTIONVictorian Heritage Register H0617
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MACGEORGE HOUSEVictorian Heritage Register H2004
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DAREBIN CREEK 6Victorian Heritage Inventory
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