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Pleasant View

Location

117 Wood Street PRESTON, Darebin City

File Number

Darebin Database # 141

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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City of Darebin Heritage
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City of Darebin Heritage

Statement of Significance

Pleasant View (formerly Lyonsville) is oflocal architectural and historical significance.

Built in 1887, Lyonsville may have been the largest residence constructed in Preston and was one of a relatively small number of mansions to be built in the district. Its continuous use from c1910 to 1995 firstly as a private mental hospital and later a psychiatric assessment centre is significant in relation to the development ofmental health services in Victoria.

Designed by the prominent Melbourne architects Twentyman and Askew, the flamboyant Italianate style ofthe house reflects the economic buoyancy ofthe 1880s Boom period and is representative of the many mansions constructed in Melbourne suburbs during this decade.

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