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HOUSE (BALLEER)
Location648 BELL STREET,, PRESTON VIC 3072 LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant? Later alterations and additions including the lean-to extension and other outbuildings to the rear are not significant. How is it significant? Why is it significant? The house is architecturally significant as a fine example of a Federation era house with Arts and Crafts detailing, which is notable for the way the design addresses its corner siting by the inclusion of subsidiary gables to the Bell Street elevation. (Criteria D)
The house formerly known as 'Balleer', constructed c.1910, at 648 Bell Street, Preston. It is a transitional Federation/Edwardian era house with a relatively unusual form comprising a main gable and two subsidiary gables, which addresses the corner, and has a relatively high degree of external integrity. The original form, detailing and siting of the house contributes to its significance.
The house at 648 Bell Street, Preston is of local historic and architectural significance to Darebin City.
The house at 648 Bell Street, Preston is historically significant as place that provides tangible evidence of the recovery in development in the relatively undeveloped areas of Preston following the economic crash of the late 1890s and prior to the post-First World War boom. (Criterion A)
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
Residence