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Crossakiel

Other Name

Crossakiel

Location

26 Kooyongkoot Road HAWTHORN, Boroondara City

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

1. Architecturally significant as an example of the domestic work of Henry Browse Gibbs with a design based on his third prize-winning entry in the 1250 pounds category of the 1884 architectural competition organized by the Grace Park Syndicate.

2. Built in 1886 from the designs of the architect, Henry Browse Gibbs, "Crossakiel" has associations with two important Victorian merchants, Richard Guthridge and Randal J. Alcock.

3. Architecturally significant as a fine example of the gracious villas constructed in the boom period of the 1880s, later to be subdivided-in the next wave of development-for flats in the 1930s.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House