3 ST GOTHARDS ROAD

Location

3 ST GOTHARDS ROAD, ALPHINGTON VIC 3078 - Property No 270160

File Number

Y2011:11027

Level

Rec for HO area indiv sig

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
This is a weatherboard federation Bungalow style house has a Dutch-hipped corrugated iron clad main roof, with gablet at the corner; a return verandah, turned posts, segmentally arched verandah frieze and a slatted frieze infill. Chimneys are of red brick with corbels. In the early 1900s just two persons lived in this street, Hugh Carroll and Walter Clayton, with five there by the end of the First War. William Morris was a long term owner later in the century.

How is it significant?
The building is aesthetically and historically significant (National Estate Register Criteria E1, A4) to Alphington.

Why is it significant?
The building is significant:
- for its good representation of a key period in Alphington's history with the major Edwardian-era residential growth; and
- as a large and well-preserved example of a Federation Bungalow, the keynote style within the area.

Group

Heritage Inventory Site Type

Category

Building