Rotherhithe

'Rotherhithe', at 58 Andrew Street, Windsor, is significant. The brick house was constructed in 1888-89 for owner-occupier John Clapham, a coachbuilder.

This small single-storey Italianate house has walls of polychrome brick, a cement-rendered parapet and corniced chimneys.

The metal palisade front fence, though a sympathetic restoration, and the contemporary rear extension which sits behind the original hipped roof section are not significant.

How is it significant?
'Rotherhithe' is of local aesthetic significance to the City of Stonnington.

Why is it significant?
Aesthetically, 'Rotherhithe' is distinguished for its unusual composition incorporating oversized details to the front facade, particularly the large sash windows with sidelights and barley-twist colonnettes, as well as the comparatively grand panelled parapet wall with a semicircular central pediment. Unlike most small-scale parapeted houses, the parapet returns around the side elevation, and it was designed without a front verandah with the entrance set back to one side. While the design is a naïve interpretation of fashionable houses of the late 1880s, it is a successful and attractive design. (Criterion E)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House