Wiltondale

What is Significant?
Wiltondale, 25 Heyington Place, Toorak was built c1929 to designs by architect Robert Bell Hamilton. The property originally formed part of the Beaulieu (later Kilbride) mansion estate, and in recent decades was incorporated into St Catherine's School.

Elements that contribute to the significance of the place include (but are not limited to):

-The original external form, materials and detailing of the building.

-The generally high level of external intactness.

-The unpainted state of the face brick and terracotta elements.

-The undeveloped front and side setbacks.

-The rendered masonry front fence.

Modern fabric, including the rear additions and metal fences, is not significant.

How is it significant?
Wiltondale, 25 Heyington Place, Toorak is of architectural significance to the City of Stonnington.

Why is it significant?
Wiltondale is architecturally significant as a distinctive and largely intact English Domestic Revival style house designed by important interwar architect Robert Bell Hamilton (Criterion D). The symmetrically composed facade imparts a sense of formality that is unusual for the English Domestic Revival mode (Criterion E).

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residence