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Tarawara/Tarawera

Other Name Tarawara/Tarawera Location 13 Victoria Avenue CANTERBURY, Boroondara City Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/1] Review of B Graded Buildings

Statement of Significance

.12 Vincent Street, Surrey Hills is of local historical and architectural significance. The house is of historical significance as an unusual example in Boroondara of a diminutive schoolhouse, and for its association with the Rev. Frederick Darling, later a director of the New South Wales Presbyterian Church and minister at its socially important St Stephens' Sydney.25 It is of architectural significance as a 'public building' constructed at residential scale; its original use as a schoolhouse, possibly combined with a residential function, is well-expressed in its external detailing and representation of Gothic form. The building is also of interest for its combination of Gothic form and detailing with the distinctive Japanese inspired timber verandah and timber gable trussing and window frames (albeit the latter elements possibly early alterations).