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Leongatha

Other Name Leongatha Location 5 Riversdale Road HAWTHORN, Boroondara City Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/1] Review of C* Grade Buildings

Statement of Significance

Leongatha, 5 Riversdale Road, Hawthorn, is of local historical and architectural significance. It is a well executed, if partly altered, example of a substantial 'Federation Italianate' villa, of a type which was popular in the Boroondara area in the late nineteenth century. The house occupies a commanding site, emphasised by its current proximity to the altered and widened Riversdale Road and Power Street intersection. It is also largely true to its original overall form, incorporating a single-storey, red face brick construction with stucco trim, with multiple-hipped slate-clad roofs with iron ridge capping, a return verandah, and a bay at the south-east corner. The addition of the canted bay window to the south-east bay and the renewal/replacement of the verandah materials and detailing, do not detract in any significant way from the presentation of the building or an appreciation of the original building form. Overall, the building elements combine to produce a striking fusion of Italianate, High Victorian and Federation forms.