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Wombelano gates and stone gateway

Other Names

176 Kooyong Road, Toorak ,  Heathfield ,  Torbain

Location

176 Kooyong Road TOORAK, Stonnington City

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The former Wombelano gates at 176 Kooyong Road, Toorak are locally significant aesthetically and historically:

- for their association with the ear of Toorak Mansions, specifically Wombelano the Bruce family mansion;
- for their craftmanship in both stone and iron;
- for the rarity of 19th century stone gateways and iron gates in the metropolitan area, this example being one of two identified in heritage surveys, with remnant landscape setting

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Gate