HOUSE

How is it significant?
The house at 307 Brunswick Road, Brunswick, is of local representative and aesthetic significance to the City of Moreland.

Why is it significant?
It is significant as a fine and intact example of a Victorian Italianate polychrome villa of the superior type built for middle class residents in the more desirable southern part of Brunswick, close to parklands and the border with Carlton and Parkville. It exhibits typical features of this type including the asymmetrical form with a canted bay projecting to one side, a M-hip roof with bracketed eaves and separate front verandah, and brick chimneys with deep moulded cornices. Of note are less common details such as the French windows under the verandah, which has the cast iron frieze set within a timber frame with separate cast iron brackets. (Criterion D)
It is of aesthetic significance for the less common use of polychrome brickwork, which combines red brick with contrasting bands of cream and dark brick for both the facade and the chimneys, the ovolo profile stop chamfers to the window reveals, and the fine and delicate cast ironwork. (Criterion E)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House