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Benvenula

Location

6 Francis Grove NORTHCOTE, Darebin City

File Number

Darebin Database #44

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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City of Darebin Heritage
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City of Darebin Heritage

Statement of Significance

Benvenula is of local architectural and historical significance. Benvenula was the home of Thomas McLean, a local industrialist and some time Mayor of Northcote. Later it was owned by Charles Trescowthick, another powerful Northcote industrialist. Architecturally, it is an unusual arrange of connected pavilions with a tower and distinctive chimneys. Most of the grounds have been built over in the Bungalow style in 1920s, and many of these now surround Benvenula.

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