CALGA

The Federation house known as Calga, 1022-1024 Malvern Road, Armadale, a single-storey dwelling built in 1899.

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, such as the large rear addition, are not significant.

How is it significant?

Calga, 1022-24 Malvern Road, Armadale, is of local aesthetic and architectural significance to the City of Stonnington.

Why is it significant?

Calga, 1022-24 Malvern Road, Armadale, is a fine and highly intact example of a Federation house. The house strongly reflects the Federation Queen Anne architectural style popular in the first decade of the twentieth century in Armadale and across Melbourne more broadly. The asymmetrical composition, with contrasting front gabled bays, and architectural elements and materials, including tall chimneys, half-timbering with roughcast render, timber verandah detailing and bracketed hood with wall-hung shingles, are typical of the style. The use of quality materials and elaborate detailing imparts a sense of grandeur and demonstrates the status of the owner in wealthy established areas such as Armadale in the early twentieth century (Criterion D).

Calga, 1022-24 Malvern Road, Armadale, is a carefully designed and well-resolved example of a Federation house. The contrasting projecting gable-end bays and rich timber decoration, present a picturesque composition of this architectural style (Criterion E).

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House