THE ROBINS - PENLEIGH BOYD HOUSE

What is significant?
The c1913 residence and the rear outbuilding cut into the hill and the surrounding site to a radius of 50 metres.

How is it significant?
The c1913 residence and outbuilding are historically, technically and architecturally significant to the Shire of Nillumbik and potentially of National significance.

Why is it significant?
The house is historically significant because it is associated with the renowned landscape painter, Penleigh Boyd (known for his paintings of the Warrandyte bush) and Penleigh Boyd's son, the influential architect Robin Boyd, who was born there (Criterion H). The house is historically significant because it is one of a number of sites in the Shire associated with prominent artists and because a record of the site's development has been preserved in the sketches of Penleigh Boyd and through Robin Boyd's memoirs (Criterion A).

The house is technically significant because it was one of the first reinforced concrete dwellings in Victoria and Australia (Criterion F). The house is historically and architecturally significant because it was an early example/precursor to the development of the 'Eltham style' of architecture and because, as a result of its picturesque quality, the house became a model for dwellings built by the Shire's artists in succeeding generations, such as the Montsalvat artists' colony (HO82) (Criteria A & F).

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House