19 Cressy Street, Malvern

The Federation house at 19 Cressy Street, Malvern, a single-storey dwelling built in 1910-11.

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 rear additions, are not significant.

How is it significant?

The house at 19 Cressy Street, Malvern, is of local architectural and aesthetic significance to the City of Stonnington.

Why is it significant?

The house at 19 Cressy Street, Malvern, 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 Malvern and across Melbourne more broadly. The asymmetrical composition with main gable, dormer gablet and polygonal corner turret, along with architectural elements and materials such as half-timbering with roughcast render and timber verandah detailing, 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 Malvern in the early twentieth century (Criterion D).

The house at 19 Cressy Street, Malvern, is a carefully designed and well-resolved example of a Federation house. The complex roof form with gables, hips, dominant chimneys, polygonal corner turret with 'candle-snuffer' roof, and rich timber decoration present a picturesque composition of this architectural style (Criterion E).

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House