Bonhaven

What is significant?

Bonhaven at 181 High Street, Kangaroo Flat was built in 1932-34 by local butcher and small goods manufacturer, William Sparks Petherick. It is a single-storey, brick and stucco Mediterranean style interwar villa which reveals Arts and Crafts influences including Bungalow and Spanish Mission elements. The dwelling has hipped and gabled roof forms clad with terracotta tiles in the Marseilles pattern, with brick chimneys; and a projecting gabled and arcaded porch comprising one large central arch and two smaller flanking arches on columns with a concrete balustrade. The elevations have red face brick and stuccoed frieze treatment, and a variety of window forms including box-frame windows with concrete planter boxes to sills and a curved bay window. Other elements of significance include the brick fence with its intact wrought iron panels and gates; and the curbed paving, driveway and garage. The dwelling faces west and is set in a generous landscaped garden on a large corner allotment south of Kangaroo Flat's main retail strip.

How is it significant?

Bonhaven at 181 High Street, Kangaroo Flat is of local historical and aesthetic/architectural significance.

Why is it significant?

Bonhaven at 181 High Street, Kangaroo Flat (built 1932-34) is of local historical and aesthetic/architectural significance. It is historically significant (Criterion A) as a substantial property built by local butcher and horse owner and trainer, William Sparks Petherick. The property, one of few buildings of note to be built locally during the 1930s Depression, is believed to have been funded by the winnings of Petherick's champion trotter Glideaway. The Mediterranean-style of the dwelling was also much admired after its construction. Bonhaven, a brick and stucco Mediterranean-style interwar villa of a relatively high level of external intactness, is also of aesthetic/architectural significance (Criterion E). The property is an eclectic mix, displaying Arts and Crafts influences including a mixture of Bungalow and Spanish Mission elements. The Spanish Mission is especially evident in the projecting arcaded porch with its three porch arches, stucco tympanum, clinker brick central decorations, and moulded roundels. The Arts and Crafts is seen in the curved bay. While the Bungalow components show in the roof form, jerkin-headed gable above the porch, and the low, spreading proportions. The survival of the brick fence, including the intact wrought iron panels and gates, and the curbed paving, driveway and garage, is also of note. The setting of the property in a generous landscaped garden complements the architectural style, and enhances the aesthetic significance.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residence