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HOUSE (FORFARSHIRE)
Other NameSurvival, No Location86 LAURA STREET,, BRUNSWICK VIC 3056 - Property No 4974 LevelRecommended for Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
How is it significant?
Why is it significant?
'Forfarshire', 86 Laura Street, Brunswick, constructed in 1910, is
significant. Non-original alterations and additions and the front
fence is not significant.
'Forfarshire', 86 Laura Street, Brunswick, is of local
representative and aesthetic significance to the City of Moreland.
'Forfarshire' is significant as an intact and well-detailed
example of a 'Victorian Survival' symmetrical timber villa. It
displays many of the key characteristics of the style, including the
M-profile hipped roof with bracketed eaves, imitation Ashlar boards to
the facade, rendered chimneys with cornice tops, the slightly recessed
front entrance with sidelights and highlights flanked by tripartite
double-hung sash windows, the separate bullnose profile verandah
supported on turned timber posts with cast iron frieze. It is of note
for the gabled portico supported by timber brackets at the centre of
the verandah, with the house name 'Forfarshire' painted on glass in
gilded letters set in a panel with a floral motif above and framed by
shaped barge boards. Only one other example of a painted glass gable
end is known in Moreland. (Criteria B, D & E)
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
House