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Elsfield

Other Name Elsfield Location 241 Cotham Road KEW, Boroondara City Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/1] Review of B Graded Buildings

Statement of Significance

Elsfield, at 241 Cotham Road, Kew, is of local historical and architectural significance. A relatively intact brick suburban villa of c. 1887, the house is of historical significance for its association with William David Vaughan, long-time Kew councillor and Mayor in 1937-38 and again in 1947-48, who resided here from the late 1920s. Architecturally, the house is an unusual and distinctive composition. While it uses relatively standard Italianate forms in its canted bay and cast iron return verandah, it differs from other examples in the extraordinarily scale of the bay and the pronounced gable over its verandah window. These read as discrete episodes, held together in precarious yet successful architectural unity by the verandah. Though altered through overpainting and minor changes to windows, the house is generally relatively intact as viewed from the street.