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Location5 BANK STREET,, BRUNSWICK VIC 3056 - Property No 4565 LevelRecommended for Heritage Overlay |
Statement of Significance
What is significant?
How is it significant?
Why is it significant?
The house at 5 Bank Street, Brunswick, constructed by 1910 for
(and presumably by) John Keenan, a carpenter, is significant.
Non-original alterations and additions are not significant. The timber
picket front fence is sympathetic but is not significant.
The house at 5 Bank Street, Brunswick, is of local representative
and aesthetic significance to the City of Moreland.
It is significant as a representative example of an Edwardian
timber house that is notable for the less common symmetrical
cross-gable form and the fine quality timber detailing, which
presumably reflects the skill of the original owner, who was a
carpenter. Materials and details of note include the shiplap cladding,
the rare verandah details including the Art Nouveau panels and unusual
scroll timber brackets, the three-sided bay window with shaped timber
boards beneath the sill, and the elaborate fretwork to the gable end.
In combination with its unusual form and the use of coloured glass to
the bay window and the side entrance, this creates a highly
picturesque composition. (Criteria D & E)
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
House