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House (formerly Surrey College, Norton)

Other Name Surrey College, Norton Location 12 Vincent Street SURREY HILLS, 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. 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).