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ST COLUMBA'S CONVENT AND LADIES COLLEGE

Other Name

House

Location

2 LESLIE ROAD, and 10-12 STANLEY STREET, ESSENDON, MOONEE VALLEY CITY

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/2]
Sisters of Charity Convent
[2/2]
Essendon Conservation Study

Statement of Significance

Architecturally, an externally original, large and uncommon form (two-level arcade) of a common pastoral villa style (Italian Renaissance): other examples of which may be seen at Kew Heidelberg and Hawthorn (see also Resurrection House, 6 Aberfeldie Street) also part of the Riverview Est. Precinct: of regional importance.

Historically, a large prominent example of the pastoral era in Essendon, reinforced by its proximity to the contemporary Lowther Hall (qv), also the home of a figure typically linked with primary production (Gillespie) and a further example of the acquisition of 19th century villas by the Catholic Church late last and early this century: of local importance and regional interest.

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