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169 Canterbury Road

Location 169 Canterbury Road CANTERBURY, Boroondara City Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/1] Review of B Graded Buildings

Statement of Significance

Designed by Ussher and Kemp for surgeon George H Armstrong and constructed in 1903-4, No. 169 Canterbury Road is of local historical and architectural significance. It is a fine, representative and externally intact example of a two-storey Federation residence which is distinguished architecturally by its accomplished design, combining corner bay and flanking wing and making inventive use of half-timbered patterning. It is of significance as a prominent commission by renowned domestic architects Ussher and Kemp, completed at a time when the practice was at its peak. It compares directly- and favorably- with other leading designs of theirs, particularly among their two-storey houses, and is a direct predecessor to Kemp's renowned Dalswraith in Kew.

Designed by Ussher and Kemp for surgeon George H Armstrong and constructed in 1903-4, No. 169 Canterbury Road is of local historical and architectural significance. It is a fine, representative and externally intact example of a two-storey Federation residence which is distinguished architecturally by its accomplished design, combining corner bay and flanking wing and making inventive use of half-timbered patterning. It is of significance as a prominent commission by renowned domestic architects Ussher and Kemp, completed at a time when the practice was at its peak. It compares directly- and favorably- with other leading designs of theirs, particularly among their two-storey houses, and is a direct predecessor to Kemp's renowned Dalswraith in Kew.