WYNOONA

The Federation house known as 'Wynoona', 36 Lansell Road, Toorak, a two-storey dwelling built in 1904.

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 garage and rear additions, are not significant.

How is it significant?

'Wynoona', 36 Lansell Road, Toorak is of local architectural and aesthetic significance to the City of Stonnington.

Why is it significant?

'Wynoona', 36 Lansell Road, Toorak is a fine and representative example of a Federation house. It displays typical features of the Federation Arts and Crafts architectural style popular in the first decade of the twentieth century in Toorak and across Melbourne more broadly, including a simple composition with dominant roof forms, informal front facade composition, Art Nouveau-inspired applied decoration, and the use of a variety of contrasting materials. 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 Toorak in the early twentieth century (Criterion D).

'Wynoona', 36 Lansell Road, Toorak is a well-considered and carefully detailed example of what can broadly be defined as a Federation Arts and Crafts house. The design, with multiple gabled roofs, an informally composed front facade consisting of a projecting bay and oriel window on timber corbels, a curved parapeted bay to the south and a contrasting formal entrance to the north, fishscale shingle cladding and decorative Art Nouveau-inspired panels, demonstrates a rich and highly original combination of architectural elements and materials which together present a picturesque composition of this architectural style (Criterion E).

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House