Koonda, 15 Moorhouse Street, Armadale

The house was built for William H. Gaunt, a judge who served as a police magistrate and warden of the goldfields until 1878. He served as a County Court judge in Victoria from 1889 until 1905, while in occupancy at 15 Moorhouse Street.

The house is significantly intact as viewed and appreciated from Moorhouse Street and is significant to the extent of its nineteenth century external form and fabric.

How is it significant?
'Koonda' at 15 Moorhouse Street, Armadale is of local architectural significance to the City of Stonnington.

Why is it significant?
'Koonda' at 15 Moorhouse Street, Armadale, is a fine representative example of a substantial Victorian Italianate villa residence built for a prominent Melbourne resident, of the sort that began to characterise the suburb of Armadale in the 1880s-1890s. The house is notable for its highly intact ogee-profile cast-iron verandah that returns generously on three sides, and is expressed to the side elevation. The cast-iron lacework is of a high quality which utilises a range of floral and bird motifs within the intricate frieze, bracket and balustrade patterns and fluted cast-iron columns. (Criterion D)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Villa