Terracedale
3 McLachlan Street NORTHCOTE, Darebin City
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Statement of Significance
Terracedale is of local architectural and historical signiftcance. With the exception of the alterations to the rear elevation and removal of the original verandah the house is otherwise externally intact.
The house is enhanced by its sitting within the Merri Creek Valley and its environs of mature pepper trees (Schinus molly), conifers (Pinus pinaster) and eucalypts.
It is historically important as the claimed site of the first private telephone service in Australia.
Terracedale is one of a group of houses situated at the comer of McLachlan and Walker Streets which were the fist to be built in the Government township of Northcote.
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Terracedale - Physical Description 1
Terracedale is a two-storey residence of polychrome brick and bluestone construction, constructed on a steeply sloping site near the Merri Creek. The house presents a single-storey brick facade to the street, originally the rear of the house, and the lower storey is of coursed rubble bluestone. The upper level of the side facade is of face red brick laid in Flemish bond, and window and door openings and corners have cream brick quoinings. The main entrance door is at the lower level, and windows are double-hung sashes. The roof is a double-hip clad in corrugated iron, with bracketed eaves. The two tall red and cream brick chimneys have cream brick moulded cappings. A two-storey verandah originally encircled the house on three sides, since demolished. ,The original gabled-roof stables survive, situated to the north side of the house.
Alterations include the painting, the brickwork and the construction of a skillion-roofed addition on the rear (street) facade.
Heritage Study and Grading
Darebin - Darebin Heritage Review
Author: Andrew Ward
Year: 2000
Grading:
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CLIFTON HILL RAILWAY STATION COMPLEXVictorian Heritage Register H1668
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FORMER UNITED KINGDOM HOTELVictorian Heritage Register H0684
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RESIDENCEVictorian Heritage Register H0163
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