Pirndoega

It comprises a substantial single-storey Italianate villa of bichrome brick with a hipped roof and tall chimneys with heavy cornices and unusual cream brick wythes. It presents a symmetrical facade to Punt Road, comprising two projecting canted bays and an encircling verandah which returns to the main entrance along the south (side) elevation. It is set back behind its original iron palisade fence, posts and gate, set on a bluestone plinth. It is significant to the extent of its nineteenth century external form and fabric.

The twentieth-century garage and sheds are not of significance.

How is it significant?
'Pirndoega' at 226 Punt Road, Prahran is of local architectural and aesthetic significance to the City of Stonnington.

Why is it significant?
Architecturally, 'Pirndoega' at 226 Punt Road, Prahran, is a fine representative example of a substantial single-storey Italianate villa built for the middle-class residents of Prahran during the boom years of the 1880s and early 1890s, at a time when Punt Road constituted a prestigious address. It exhibits typical features of this type, including the hipped roof form with tall corniced chimneys, canted projecting bays, segmentally arched double-hung sash windows, and a generous return cast-iron verandah. (Criterion D)

Aesthetically, 'Pirndoega' is distinguished by its generous scale, bichrome brickwork (although partially overpainted) and its refined detailing. Its encircling ogee-profile verandah is highly intact retaining its high-quality and non-standard cast-iron frieze and brackets on slender fluted columns. It retains its decorative tessellated tile floor with bluestone nosing. The unusual cream brick chimney wythes are also of note. The iron palisade fence, posts and gate enhances its original presentation. (Criterion E)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Villa