House
30 DAVIES STREET,, BRUNSWICK VIC 3056 - Property No 18432
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Statement of Significance
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House - Physical Description 1
Asymmetrical brick Edwardian villa
House - Physical Conditions
Good
The place is in excellent condition, intact and well-maintained.
House - Integrity
Intact
Renovated after 2003 to include:
- a major rear extension and second storey within the extended roof cavity, continuing the roof form to a new rear gable end in roughcast and leaded diamond-pane casement windows, with a similarly designed gabled garage backing onto the bluestone laneway to the rear;
- front wall;
- griffin on the main ridge end;
- skylights on eastern side of roof;
- front path and landscaping;
- leadlight in round bay windows;
- paint colour scheme; and
- garage at the rear.
Alterations and additions have been completed sympatheticallyanditappears that most of the significant fabric remainsintact,howeverthere is a lack of clear distinction between originalandintroducedfabric, as would have been optimal practice. Theuncertaintythisintroduces means that the place only demonstratesmoderate integrityoverall.House - Physical Description 2
30 Davies Street is a substantial Federation Queen Anne style brick residence. The original structure was single storey, with a second story added in a recent renovation. The facade features tuck pointed brickwork in stretcher bond, which has been repointed since 2003.
The building includes an original a gabled-hip roof form of slate with terracotta ridge capping, to which (at some point post-2003) a griffin was installed atop the gablet. Original features also include a wraparound broken back verandah, and a projecting bay at the front of the building that sits beneath an overhanging projecting gable with a bargeboard featuring comprising of imitation half-timbering and pressed metal over roughcast, topped with a terracotta cresting. Below this is an original round bay window with (post-2003) leadlight windows including a multi-pane top sash with coloured glass. The north western corner of the building is rounded off with another bay window typical of the style, again fitted with lead light windows (installed post-2003).. An original symmetrical pair of tall chimneys are topped with roughcast, prominent overhanging single corbels and terracotta chimney pots. The low brick wall on the street frontage is a later addition, not appearing in 2003 real estate photographs or plans, and was likely a replacement for an original timber fence.
The colour scheme is highly sympathetic to the heritage character of the place. This colour scheme should be maintained during any new paint works.
The house is in a residential street with a mixture of housing styles. It adjoins an existing heritage precinct (HO68 Donald Street precinct) which is predominantly Victorian, and its immediate streetscape shares this character to a degree. The garden, landscaped post 2003, contains plantings broadly sympathetic to the period, including a mature magnolia and roses in the front yard.
The place is in excellent condition, intact and well-maintained.Heritage Study and Grading
Moreland - Keeping Brunswick's heritage: A Report on the Review of the Brunswick Conservation Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 1990
Grading: ContributoryMoreland - Moreland City Council: Local Heritage Places Review
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2004
Grading:Moreland Heritage Nominations Study
Author: Extent Heritage
Year: 2022
Grading:
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