HOUSE AT 724 Doncaster Road

Location

724 Doncaster Road DONCASTER, Manningham City

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is Significant?

The Edwardian timber house, constructed by 1910 for William Thomas, at 724 Doncaster Road, Doncaster.

How is it Significant?

The house at 724 Doncaster Road, Doncaster is of local historic and aesthetic significance to Manningham City.

Why is it Significant?

The house at 724 Doncaster Road, Doncaster is of historic significance as a now rare example of a house in Doncaster Road that illustrates the early suburban development of this area in the first decades of the twentieth century. It is also significant for the strong association with William Thomas, Shire Secretary, for whom it was built. (RNE criteria A.4, B.2, D.2 and H.1)

The house at 724 Doncaster Road, Doncaster is of aesthetic significance as a representative and largely intact example of an Edwardian timber house. (RNE criterion E.1)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House