41 Thanet Street, Malvern

Location

41 Thanet Street MALVERN, STONNINGTON CITY

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?

The Federation house at 41 Thanet Street, Malvern, a single-storey dwelling built in 1903.

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 attached carport, are not significant.

How is it significant?

The house at 41 Thanet Street, Malvern, is of local architectural and aesthetic significance to the City of Stonnington.

Why is it significant?

The house at 41 Thanet 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 complex roof forms and multiple gabled bays including diagonally projecting corner bay, along with architectural elements and materials such as prominent tall chimneys, half-timbering with rough cast render, timber verandah detailing, and decorative coloured glass, 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 41 Thanet Street, Malvern, is a carefully designed and well-resolved example of a Federation house. The projecting gable-end bays, banded chimneys, rich timber decoration, use of coloured and leadlight glass and Art Nouveau-inspired detailing present a picturesque composition of this architectural style (Criterion E).

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House