HOUSE

Location

94 HOPE STREET,, BRUNSWICK VIC 3056 - Property No 12243

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The house at 94 Hope Street, Brunswick, constructed by 1915, is significant. Non-original alterations and additions are not significant. The front fence is sympathetic, but not significant.

How is it significant?
The house at 94 Hope Street, Brunswick, is of local representative and aesthetic significance to the City of Moreland.

Why is it significant?
It is significant as an intact and well-detailed example of an Edwardian timber house with characteristic asymmetric form with a hip and gable roof and details such as the brick and render chimneys, imitation Ashlar facade, side entry and box bay casement window. It is distinguished by the less common form with the gable projecting forward to form the porch, and for the fine detailing which includes the combination of scalloped boards and imitation Ashlar to the walls, the intricately detailed half timbering and decorated barge board to the gable end, the pressed metal to the porch eaves, the arched frieze to the porch, and the Art Nouveau leadlights to the front bay window and entranceway. (Criteria D & E)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House