Highfields Villa and Shrewsbury Villa
134-136 Westbourne Grove NORTHCOTE, Darebin City
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Statement of Significance
Nos 134 and 136 are highly ornamented Italianate style villas with distinctive cement rendered details. The pair are substantially intact and contribute to the nineteenth century character of Westbourne Grove.
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Highfields Villa and Shrewsbury Villa - Physical Description 1
The two villas at 134 and 136 Westbourne Grove are almost identical. Each house is a single-fronted, rendered house constructed on a high bluestone plinth and with a convex-roofed verandah between wing walls. Each house is terminated by a dentillated rendered cornice surmounted a parapet enriched with swags and a pediment flanked by scrolls. Vermiculated frieze panels are located beneath the cornice. Pressed cement pineapples terminate the parapet piers of Highfield Villa. The original pineapples have been replaced with urns on the parapet piers of Shrewsbury Villa. The verandahs have cast-iron serpentine-pattern frieze work and dentillated timber facias. The arched entrance is " recessed, and the window openings have segmented-arched hood moulds. Niches are set into the verandah side-walls. '
Both front and side fences have been replaced, as has the verandah balustrading on 136. Some brickwork has been painted.
Heritage Study and Grading
Darebin - Darebin Heritage Review
Author: Andrew Ward
Year: 2000
Grading:
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FORMER LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR HOME FOR THE AGEDVictorian Heritage Register H1950
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TERRACE HOUSESVictorian Heritage Register H1774
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FORMER NORTHCOTE THEATREVictorian Heritage Register H2287
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