Kooloora

The Federation house known as 'Kooloora', 4 Embling Road, Malvern, a single-storey dwelling built in 1911.

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?

Kooloora, 4 Embling Road, Malvern, is of local architectural and aesthetic significance to the City of Stonnington.

Why is it significant?

Kooloora, 4 Embling Road, 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 complex roof forms and multiple gabled bays including diagonally projecting corner bay, along with architectural elements and materials such as tall chimneys, half-timbering with rough cast 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).

Kooloora, 4 Embling Road, Malvern is a carefully designed and well-resolved example of a Federation house. Multiple projecting roof bays, rich timber decoration, fishscale cladding and decorative encaustic tiling present a picturesque composition of this architectural style (Criterion E).

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House