Residence

What is Significant?
The house at 9 Linlithgow Road, Toorak is a large double-storey Arts and Crafts style dwelling erected in 1927 to designs by prolific interwar architects Arthur and Hugh Peck. It was built on land subdivided from the 1880s mansion Eilyer.

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 legibility of the original built form in views from the public realm.
-The domestic garden setting (but not the fabric of the garden itself)
-The unobtrusive siting and design of the garage and absence of other modern vehicle accommodation in the front and setbacks.

How is Significant?
The house at 9 Linlithgow Road, Toorak is of local architectural significance to the City of Stonnington.

Why is Significant?
The house is architecturally significant as a fine and highly intact example of Arts and Crafts principles as they were applied to interwar domestic architecture (Criterion D). The butterfly plan form created by two wings set an angle to a central axis is highly expressive of the Arts and Crafts mode and has few known equivalents in this municipality (Criterion E).

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House