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HOUSE

Location

54 WOOLTON AVENUE, THORNBURY, DAREBIN CITY

File Number

darebin Database #338

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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City of Darebin Heritage
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City of Darebin Heritage

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The house at 54 Woolton Avenue, Thornbury, built for the tanner, Wilfred Hooper, in 1912.

How is it significant?
The house at 54 Woolton Avenue, Thornbury is aesthetically significant to Darebin City.

Why is it significant?
It is aesthetically significant (Criterion E) as an unusually picturesque Post Federation period villa in the Croxton/Thornbury corridor which is more strongly represented here than the Victorian period and which vies for pre-eminence with the Inter-War houses. The front window bay and ornamental porch are especially important contributors to the architectural character of the place.

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