HOUSE (TYRONE)

How is it significant?
The former 'Tyrone' at 193 Brunswick Road, Brunswick, is of local historical, representative and aesthetic significance to the City of Moreland.

Why is it significant?
It is historically significant as a representative example of a villa residence of the type that was constructed for the emerging middle class in Brunswick in the early 1900s. This style of housing, favoured by the middle class, was typically found on the main roads close to the Carlton/Parkville border, including Brunswick Road. (Criterion A)
It is significant is a fine and intact example of a transitional villa where typical characteristics of the Italianate style including the asymmetrical form with projecting canted bay to one side and verandah to the other; an 'M' profile hipped roof form; arched double-hung sash windows to the bay, with deep cornices above; tripartite window to the front verandah and a timber panelled entry door with side lights have been combined with Federation characteristics such as the red brick walls with rendered bands, and the bullnose profile verandah with cast iron frieze and brackets. The house is notable for its high degree of integrity and fine details, which include the slate roof with cast iron cresting, leadlights to the arched upper sections of the bay windows, deep cornices with keystone over the arched windows, and a moulded cornice at the spring line of the arches, unpainted bluestone sills, brick chimneys with rendered tops, decorative plaster rosettes at either side of the canted bay, tessellated tiled floor to the verandah, and the deep cast iron verandah frieze with a semicircular motif to the frieze and brackets. (Criteria D & E)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House