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STOBO

Other Name

Burenda

Location

390 Glenferrie Road MALVERN, STONNINGTON CITY

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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Figure 1 390 Glenferrie Road
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Figure 2. Footprint of the
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Figure 3. A 1927 oblique
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Figure 4. Photo published in
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Figure 5. A plan of the
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Figure 6. A photo of the house
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390 Glenferrie Road Malvern
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390 Glenferrie Road Malvern

Statement of Significance

Statement of Significance

What is significant?

The Federation house known as Stobo, 390 Glenferrie Road, Malvern, a two-storey dwelling built in 1907.

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

. the house's original external form, materials and detailing

. the house's high level of integrity to its original design.

Later alterations and additions are not significant.

How is it significant?

Stobo, 390 Glenferrie Road, Malvern is of local aesthetic significance to the City of Stonnington. Why is it significant?

Stobo, 390 Glenferrie Road, Malvern is a fine example of a large Federation Arts and Crafts house which incorporates some unusual elements. The use of shaped terracotta wall tiles to infill the large north and south gable ends, the highly distinctive front windows and rendered surrounds, curved balconette with distinctive balustrade and the roofed bay window with timber shingles and large curvilinear wrought iron brackets on the north facade are all uncommon details in a house that broadly demonstrates characteristics of the Federation Arts and Crafts style. [Criterion B]

Stobo, 390 Glenferrie Road, Malvern is a well-considered and carefully detailed example of a large Federation Arts and Crafts house. The simple design, with main transverse gabled form and front projecting entrance bay, together with the restrained use of distinctive and unusual architectural elements and materials, demonstrates originality and presents a picturesque composition of this architectural style. [Criterion E]

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