HOUSE
7 HOPETOUN AVENUE,, BRUNSWICK WEST VIC 3055 - Property No 15285
Closer Settlement Houses
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Statement of Significance
7 Hopetoun Avenue, Brunswick West, is of local historical andarchitectural Significance. The timber house is one of only a fewremaining from the Brunswick Estate, which was developed as part of thefirst metropolitan Closer Settlement scheme. Architecturally, it is anintact example of a relatively simple and unadorned timber cottage fromthe turn of the century.
*A Contributory place within the Closer Settlement Houses serial listing. Please refer the serial listing citation (Hermes no. 200502) for the statement of significance for this place.
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HOUSE - Physical Description 1
7 Hopetoun Avenue is a single storey timber Italianate house. It has a facade of imitation ashlar, and the plan is L-shaped. It has a hipped roof clad in corrugated iron, with a similarly clad verandah. The projecting bay, with paired double-hung sash windows, encloses a the verandah which has square section timber columns and a cast iron frieze. The front door has stained glass side- and highlights and windows are generally double hung sashes. The house has red brick chimneys with corbelled tops. There is a weatherboard addition to the rear of the house.
The timber capped cyclone chain wire fence may be original or early although its height suggests a later date. A large cypress tree, now located on the property of 5 Hopetoun Avenue, would have been originally part of the garden of this property.
Key Architectural Elements: imitation ashlar timber facade
original corrugated iron roof
decorative cast iron lacework frieze to verandah
timber-framed double-hung sash windows with timber mouldings
Principal Historic Themes: early 20th century suburban developmentHOUSE - Physical Description 2
7 Hopetoun Avenue is a single storey timber Italianate house. It has a facade of imitation ashlar, and the plan is L-shaped. It has a hipped roof clad in corrugated iron, with a similarly clad verandah. The projecting bay, with paired double-hung sash windows, encloses the verandah which has square section timber columns and a cast iron frieze. The front door has stained glass side- and highlights and windows are generally double hung sashes. The house has red brick chimneys with corbelled tops. A modern addition has been made at the rear of the house.
Heritage Study and Grading
Moreland - Moreland Heritage Gaps Study 2017
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2017
Grading:Moreland - Keeping Brunswick's heritage: A Report on the Review of the Brunswick Conservation Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 1990
Grading:Moreland - City of Moreland Heritage Review
Author: Allen Lovell and Associates
Year: 1999
Grading: Local
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