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Former R Haughton James House

Other Name R Haughton James House Location 82 Molesworth Street KEW, Boroondara City Level Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

The R Haughton James House is of local historical and state architectural significance as a fine example of 1950s postwar residential design in the Melbourne regional style, by noted architect Robin Boyd. The house is a rigorous contrast of rational and organic design which employs an unusual combination of elliptical and box forms. Its configuration in striking geometric shapes, and its bold use of structure, epitiomise the Melbourne Regional style, other key examples of which have generally been demolished or altered. The house is a rare surviving example of Wrightian curvilinear hemicyclic planning. The house is broadly intact externally, though there have been a series of relatively minor alterations.