HOUSE (WOOLTON)
60 WOOLTON AVENUE, THORNBURY, DAREBIN CITY
Woolton Avenue Precinct
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The house known as "Woolton" at 60 Woolton Avenue, Thornbury, built by 1893 for David Marks.
How is it significant?
The house known as "Woolton" at 60 Woolton Avenue, Thornbury is of local aesthetic significance to Darebin City.
Why is it significant?
It is aesthetically significant as a well-preserved double-fronted weatherboard house of a type which was common in Northcote. It also has notable details, in particular the gabled verandah and friezes. It contributes to a notable group of similar weatherboard houses. (Criterion E)
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HOUSE (WOOLTON) - Physical Description 1
Woolton is a double-fronted, symmetrical, single-storey weatherboard house with a hipped corrugated-iron roof and cast-iron verandah. A gable in the centre ofthe verandah with a cast-ironfrieze marks the entrance. The entrance door is flanked by tripartite double-hung sash windows. The replacement of the picket fence with chain wire of the 1920s is the only major alteration.
Other notable houses of a similar design in this street include Nos 57, 55,41 and 58 Woolton Avenue
Heritage Study and Grading
Darebin - Darebin Heritage Review
Author: Andrew Ward
Year: 2000
Grading:
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BATMAN PARKVictorian Heritage Inventory
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PILGRIM INNVictorian Heritage Inventory
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BRICKWORKS, SEPARATION STREETVictorian Heritage Inventory
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