Residence

What is Significant?
The house at 61 St Georges Road, Toorak was built c1933 to designs by noted architect Robert Bell Hamilton. The property was created from a subdivision of the nineteenth century mansion estate 'The Towers'.

Elements that contribute to the significance of the place include (but are not limited to):

-The original external form, materials and detailing of the building.

-The generally high level of external intactness.

-The unpainted state of the face brick and terracotta elements.

-The domestic garden setting (but not the fabric of the garden itself).

- The front fence and gate.

How is it significant?
The house at 61 St Georges Road, Toorak is of local architectural significance to the City of Stonnington.

Why is it significant?
The house is architecturally significant as a handsome and largely intact interwar residence blending Georgian revival formality with picturesque elements of the English Domestic Revival and Mediterranean idioms (Criterion E). It demonstrates architect Robert Bell Hamilton's talent for residential design across a range of fashionable interwar styles.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House