48-50 Hopetoun Road

What is Significant?

The substantial double-storey interwar Georgian revival style house at 50 Hopetoun Road,Toorak was built in 1935. The design can be attributed to local architect and builder Arnaud E Wright. The property was created through subdivision of land at the rear of a large villa named Myvore, which was built c1902 on land originally forming part of the Grosvenor mansion estate. Elements that contribute to the significance of the place include (but are not limited to):

-The original external form, materials and detailing of the building.

-The high level of external intactness.

-The legibility of the original built form from the public realm.

-The domestic garden setting (but not the fabric of the garden itself)

Modern fabric, including the carport, is not significant.

How is it significant?

The house at 50 Hopetoun Road, Toorak is of local architectural significance to the City of Stonnington.

Why is it significant?

The house is architecturally significant as an impressive and highly intact interwar Georgian revival style residence (Criterion D).

The house is of some historical interest as evidence of a major phase of development that took place in first few decades of the twentieth century when many of Toorak's large mansion estates were subdivided to create prestigious residential enclaves (TEH 8.1.3 The end of an era - mansion estate subdivisions in the twentieth century, Criterion A). It also illustrates the role of large architect designed houses in the fashionable Georgian revival style as symbols of wealth, status and taste for Melbourne's upper classes of the interwar period (TEH 8.4.1 - Houses as a symbol of wealth, status and fashion).

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House