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HOUSE

Location

1 FLINDERS STREET, THORNBURY, DAREBIN CITY

File Number

Darebin Database #341

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/2]
City of Darebin Heritage
[2/2]
City of Darebin Heritage

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The houseat1 Flinders Street, Thornbury, erectedin 1910 for the estate agent, Andrew Miller, in 1910.

How is it significant?
The house at1 Flinders Street, Thornbury is of local aesthetic significance to Darebin City.

Why is it significant?
It is aesthetically significant (Criterion E) for its unusual symmetrical configuration, this arrangement being the antithesis of the Post Federation villa of the day which established its picturesque character more by a dynamic arrangement of elements than by formalized symmetry. It has a substantial villa form by comparison with contemporary houses in the locale and stands apart, therefore, also in this respect. The elements which reinforce the symmetry of the design are the principal contributory elements.

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