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BLUESTONE OUTBUILDING

Other Name

Moorefield, Glengyle

Location

2 / 197 THE AVENUE,, COBURG VIC 3058 - Property No 21281

Level

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The bluestone outbuilding at 1-2/197 The Avenue, Coburg, is significant. Both are remnants of the former 'Glengyle' estate (and likewise, of 'Moorefield' and before that, of 'Maryfield'), which was the site of well-documented early European settlement in Victoria (as early as c.1839-1843). 'Moorefield' (later renamed 'Glengyle') was a substantial two-storey Tudor Revival villa built in rendered bluestone with (unrendered) bluestone outbuildings. It was designed in 1855 by architect Charles Vickers, who had recently emigrated from England and was best known in Victoria for his bluestone Gothic Revival churches.

How is it significant?
They are of local historical and scientific significance to the City of Moreland.

Why is it significant?
The bluestone outbuilding at 197 The Avenue, Coburg, is historically significant as the last known outbuilding of the original 'Moorefield' (later 'Glengyle') villa, with its associated extensive complex of bluestone outbuildings, which was built in 1855 and served as a grand and important private residence of early Melbourne. It is also historically significant as an early surviving work of Charles Vickers, a notable early colonial architect who designed numerous Gothic Revival churches and several public buildings in Victoria from the mid1850s to the late 1870s. The historical significance of the site also lies in its association with William Westgarth, David Moore and Duncan McGregor, all of whom played important roles in the development of Coburg in particular, and colonial Victoria more generally. (Criteria A & H)

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