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WENDOUREE

Location

21 Denbigh Road ARMADALE, STONNINGTON CITY

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?

The Federation house known as Wendouree, 21 Denbigh Road, Armadale, a single-storey dwelling built in 1900.

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?

Wendouree, 21 Denbigh Road, Armadale is of local architectural and aesthetic significance to the City of Stonnington.

Why is it significant?

Wendouree, 21 Denbigh 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 complex roof forms and multiple gabled bays and architectural elements and materials, including tall chimneys, half-timbering with roughcast render and timber verandah detailing are typical of the style. The use of quality materials and fine 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).

Wendouree, 21 Denbigh Road, Armadale is a carefully designed and well-resolved example of a Federation house. The asymmetrical massing, with projecting gable-end bays, projecting hipped verandah roof and tall chimneys, and rich timber decoration, present a picturesque composition of this architectural style (Criterion E).

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House