Wurrong, 93 Brunel Street, Malvern East

Location

93 Brunel Street MALVERN EAST, STONNINGTON CITY

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
'Wurrong', at 93 Brunel Street, Malvern East, is significant. It was built in 1891 for owner manager/clerk Leo H. Bibby.

It comprises a single storey double-fronted Italianate villa of bichrome brick with unusual detailing. The house is significant as viewed and appreciated from Brunel Street, and is significant to the extent of its nineteenth century external form and fabric.

The contemporary rear extensions are not significant.

How is it significant?
'Wurrong' at 93 Brunel Street, Malvern East is of local architectural and aesthetic significance to the City of Stonnington.

Why is it significant?
Architecturally, 'Wurrong' is an unusual variation of a modest-scale asymmetrical Italianate villa with some typical features including the slate-clad M-profile hipped roof, corniced chimneys, and canted projecting bay window. It is one of a small number of nineteenth century houses in Malvern East. (Criteria B & D)

Aesthetically, it is distinguished by its highly contrasting bichrome brick patterning and unusual detailing including the use of the round arch for all windows and the deeply recessed entrance porch. Other unusual details include the corniced parapet to the canted bay window. Despite the loss of the front verandah the house otherwise presents as intact, retaining the elaborate front door and surround, and encaustic tiles to the recessed porch. (Criterion E)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House