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13 Poath Street

Other Name "Croft Head" (1926), "Balranald" (1990), "Croft head" (2000) Location 13 Poath Street MURRUMBEENA, Glen Eira City Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/1] 13 Poath Rd Murrumbeena,

Statement of Significance

"Croft Head" is situated at no. 13 Poath Road, Murrumbeena, and was built in 1887 for the accountant Edward Tweddell. It is historically and aesthetically significant.

It is historically significant (Criterion A) as a substantial and now rare (Criterion B) surviving late Victorian villa residence east ofBooran Road within the Municipality and demonstrating the attraction of Melbourne's rural fringe as a residential location rendered accessible by the opening of the railway between South Yarra and Oakleigh in 1879.

It is aesthetically significant (Criterion E) as one of the Municipality's finest late Victorian polychrome brick villas, comparing with ''Fresch'' and ''Monkleigh'' both erected in 1899 at nos. 11 and 12 Gladstone Parade, Elsternwick respectively, ''Hartington'' (1888) at 15 Gladstone Parade and ''Hengar'' (1889) at no. 356 Glen Eira Road, Caulfield South. Elements of stylistic significance include the ornamentation of the brickwork in polychrome work with tiled panels, the effect of the banding being especially striking and representative of the period.