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"Chesterfield" Nursing Home

Location

345 Shannon Avenue, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No 204809

Level

Incl in HO area indiv sig

Statement of Significance

C Listed - Local Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The Federation Queen Anne style villa no known as "Chesterfield" was erected in 1909-1910 for J P McCabe Doyle from designs prepared by Geelong architects, Laird and Buchan in association with fashionable and avant-garde Melbourne designer Robert J Haddon. The residence is a distinctive example of this popular early 20th century style in Geelong and a noted pre-war work of the now long established firm of Laird and Buchan. The picturesque qualities are reinforced by the use of complex roof forms, timber decoration and encircling verandahs.

Group

Health Services

Category

Nursing Home