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Residence
Location4 Grant Avenue TOORAK, STONNINGTON CITY LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The house at 4 Grant Avenue, Toorak is a double-storey building with a graceful Regency inspired stuccoed facade. It was built c1936 to designs by architects Yuncken, Freeman & Griffiths, on land subdivided from the grounds of Orrong mansion.
Elements that contribute to the significance of the place include (but are not limited to):
-The original external form, materials and detailing.
-The high level of external intactness.
-The domestic garden setting.
-The legibility of the original form from the public realm
-The high level of external intactness.
-The domestic garden setting.
-The legibility of the original form from the public realm
Post war additions are not significant.
How is it significant?
The house at 4 Grant Avenue, Toorak is of local architectural significance to the City of Stonnington.
Why is it significant?
Architecturally, the house is significant as a fine and highly regarded Regency influenced design from the interwar period (Criterion D). It is perhaps the most celebrated example of the contemporary revivalist work of the distinguished architects Yuncken Freeman & Griffiths.
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
House