CHARTER OAK

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, including rear addition and side garage, are not significant.

How is it significant?

'Charter Oak' is of local architectural, aesthetic and technical significance to the City of Stonnington.

Why is it significant?

'Charter Oak' is a fine and representative example of a Federation house. It displays typical features of the Federation Bungalow architectural style popular in the 1910s in Malvern East and across Melbourne more broadly, including simple massing with wide-spreading roof form and attic rooms, a deep verandah and sturdy timber verandah posts with masonry piers. It also displays some characteristics more typical of the Federation Arts and Crafts architectural style, such as the symmetrical, butterfly plan form (Criterion D).

'Charter Oak' is a well-considered and carefully detailed example of what can broadly be defined as a Federation Bungalow house. The simple symmetrical design, with main hipped roof and prominent gabled bays, together with the restrained use of distinctive architectural elements, presents a picturesque composition of this architectural style (Criterion E).

'Charter Oak' is an early and unusual example of reinforced concrete construction in Malvern East and the municipality more broadly. It demonstrates the architect H R Crawford's innovative use of this material in residential work (Criterion F).

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House