HOUSE
104 MELVILLE ROAD,, BRUNSWICK WEST VIC 3055 - Property No 8108
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Statement of Significance
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HOUSE - Physical Description 1
104 Melville Road is a large two storey Italianate bichrome brick house. Its walls are of face red brick with cream brick string courses and window dressings. Asymmetrical in plan, the house has a return verandah and balcony with a skillion corrugated iron roof and cast iron lacework frieze and balustrading between coupled turned timber posts. A projecting polygonal bay on the west facade has, a each level, three timber-framed double-hung sash windows with rendered sills. A unpainted rendered frieze of small bosses separates the two levels of windows. The hipped slate roof has bracketed eaves and is penetrated by bichrome brick chimneys with rendered bases and cornices.
The property retains an unusual wrought iron fence and gate and pittosporum hedge.
Key Architectural Elements: distinctive 19th century bichrome brick design
original ornate cast iron balcony and verandah
original slate and corrugated iron roofing
Conservation Guidelines: retain original garden elements
Principal Historic Themes: significant phases in the development of towns and suburbs; 19th century speculative building activityHeritage Study and Grading
Moreland - City of Moreland Heritage Review
Author: Allen Lovell and Associates
Year: 1999
Grading: LocalMoreland - Keeping Brunswick's heritage: A Report on the Review of the Brunswick Conservation Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 1990
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