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Kloa, Formerly Castleman

Other Names Kloa ,  Castleman Location 57 Pakington Street KEW, Boroondara City Level Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

Kloa, formerly Castleman, at 57 Pakington Street, Kew, is of local historical and architectural significance. It is a fine and highly intact example of an asymmetrical weatherboard villa of the Federation period as seen in the Kew, Hawthorn and Canterbury districts of Boroondara. It is also a relatively early application of the style. Kloa's design strength is in its subtle, yet free, combination of otherwise conventional Federation elements into a picturesque composition. In it architect Beverley Ussher draws on the leading American and British free style architecture of the 1880s and his own forms as developed in the early 1890s. It is an important middle-period design by Ussher, demonstrating what he could achieve with a small timber house.