STONE AND ADOBE RESIDENCE - CLAY NUNEHAM, 12-16 STANHOPE ST, ELTHAM

What is significant?
The c1950 house and the surrounding site to the title boundaries.

How is it significant?
The house is architecturally, aesthetically and historically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik and potentially to the State of Victoria.

Why is it significant?
The house is historically significant because it was built by the journalist turned builder/designer John Harcourt, a pioneer in the development of the distinctive 'Eltham style' of architecture, and an associate of the founder of Montsalvat, Justus Jorgensen (Criterion H). The house is architecturally and aesthetically significant because, after Montsalvat, Clay Nuneham is Eltham's finest English/European historical style inspired dwelling. It features the extensive use of mud brick and stone, a tower and a slate roof and is one of the earliest examples of the use of mud brick (following World War II) in the area (Criterion F).

BICK STUDY, 1992
Clay Nuneham is, after Montsalvat, Eltham Shire's finest English/European historical style inspired dwelling. The property has historic significance for its associations with John Harcourt, a pioneer, builder, in pise-de-terre and mud brick in the Eltham Shire in the 1940s, and as an early example of the use of these materials in Eltham.

BASIS OF SIGNIFICANCE:

ILLUSTRATION OF THE THEMES

HISTORY

ARCHITECTURE

DEGREE OF SIGNIFICANCE: LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE

EXTENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: ENTIRE BUILDING AND SITE

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residence