Mynda

The Statement of Significance prepared by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) and adopted by the Australian Heritage commission is repeated here:

'A suburban villa of 1885 designed by Lloyd Tayler for his daughter and son-in-law on a plan centred upon an octagonal top-lit hall. A square bay window to the drawing room projects from the front corner of the house at 45 desress, showing for the first time the diagonal emphasis which was to be developed in other works of the architect and to become in due course a characteristic of the Federation Style. the house is also remarkable for the extent of its surviving interior finishes, including the fine embossed leather dados of the hall and bedroom, the dado, filler and frieze papers of the drawing room and a number of other decorative details.'

HO143 Barry Street Precinct, Kew

Barry Street Precinct, Kew, is an area of heritage significance for the following reasons:

- The place has an unusual concentration of highly graded buildings, many of which were designed by prominent Melbourne architects.

- The area is one of Melbourne's best concentrations of large late Victorian and Federation house designs, in varied materials and often ably utilising the topography of the area. The precinct also has a number of distinctive designs of the interwar period.

-Many of the streets are marked by original basalt kerbing and grading, and the area features mature gardens and street trees.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House