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Residence "Fairbrae"

Location

89 Prospect Road, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No 204166

Level

Incl in HO area indiv sig

Statement of Significance

B Listed - Regional Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Dating from c1883 when it was built for William Hutchins, accountant, this house has local historical significance as an example of a fine private residence built for a prosperous local businessman. Hutchins executors still owned the property in the 1920s. Architecturally it is unique to the region. Apparently anachronistic when it was built, it has many characteristics Gothic barges and fascia, the NeoClassical canted bay, wide lining boards and siding on the street line of an earlier period. However, the details are of great interest in themselves, particularly the Gothic barges and fascia and the NeoClassical canted bay. The changes in wall materials and the alignment on the street boundary are other puzzling characteristics of great interest.

References

Newtown Rate Book 1883-84, North Ward, No 240

Ibid 1887-88 No 284

Ibid 1914-15 No 439

Ibid 1923 No 474

Ibid 1925 No 522

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residence