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HOUSE

Location

297 ASCOT VALE ROAD,, MOONEE PONDS VIC 3039 - Property No 190661

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The house at 297 Ascot Vale Road, Moonee Ponds, built in 1901-02 for Henry Richard Hutchinson is significant.It is arepresentative picturesque middle class Federation period villa in red brick with rough cast frieze half timbered gable ends and corner bay. The front door is protected by a low turned timber posted canopy with half timbered end to the gable roof, the main roof being terra cotta tiled with ridge cresting and finials and surmounting chimneys with strapwork. There is banding to the brickwork at sill and transom levels and the projecting wing facing Ascot Vale Road is distinguished by an elliptical arch to the casement windows. The building is in good condition and has a high degree of external integrity.

How is it significant?
The house at 297 Ascot Vale Road, Moonee Pondsis of local aesthetic significance to the City of Moonee Valley.

Why is it significant?
It is aesthetically significant (Criterion E) arises from the house's early date as an example of the emerging Federation style and from its position of prominence on Ascot Vale Road. The absence of a corner verandah which was to become so typical of the type, the elliptical arch to the front window and the emphasis given to the corner bay are characteristics suggestive of the house's early date, giving it distinction locally. This importance is enhanced by the intact state of the exterior.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House