LALUMA HOUSE
23 WOOLLEY STREET, ESSENDON, MOONEE VALLEY CITY
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Statement of Significance
Architecturally, the first wing is of high regional significanceas an early concrete house with fine joinery; the remaining house is of local interest only.
Historically, of Local importance as perceptibly before the subdivision, as the earliest known house in the city, and as the home of at least three of the areas stock and station agents.
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LALUMA HOUSE - Physical Description 1
The earliest part of the house is a transverse gabled, verandahed concrete house from c1850-60 which appears to have been originally of two rooms; another being added at an early date, to the east end. Other verandahed, stuccoed brick wings have been added to the north in the 1880s when the entrance faced the east, and the northern elevation has been almost obliterated by a two-storey addition of c1960. The suburban subdivision has obscured the house.
Of note are the concrete wall and chimney construction of the first wing and its six French doors which probably opened onto a verandah for inter-room access, although the present southern verandah structures decoration and floor, appears to be from the 1880s additions. Similarly the gabled roof of the first two rooms was not matched by the third, being hipped. Internally, the house is sparsely decorated, with an extensive cellar to the north.
Stables shown in plans of 1927 have been demolished.
Streetscape
No contribution, just visible as a pre-division house.Heritage Study and Grading
Moonee Valley - Essendon Conservation Study
Author: Graeme Butler
Year: 1985
Grading:
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