HOUSE

Other Name

formerly 64 Eglinton Street

Location

56 EGLINTON STREET,, MOONEE PONDS VIC 3039 - Property No 191556

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The house at 56 Eglinton Street, Moonee Ponds is significant. It is a single-storey double-fronted Victorian villa of red brick construction, raised on a high bluestone plinth, with a hipped slate roof. The asymmetrical street frontage, articulated by unusual rendered quoining to corners and openings, has a canted bay window to the west side, and a return verandah extending along the south and east sides. The verandah has a concave roof of corrugated galvanised steel, supported on pairs of cast iron columns; the verandah retains an ornate cast iron railing (With matching balustrade to the front entry staircase) although the lacework frieze has evidently been removed.

Later alterations and additions to the house (including the Edwardian era addition at the side) and the front fence are not significant.

How is it significant?
The house at 56 Eglinton Street, Moonee Ponds, is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Moonee Valley.

Why is it significant?
Historically, it is representative of an important phase in the residential development of Moonee Ponds, spurred by the opening of the nearby railway station and tramways. (Criterion A)

Aesthetically, it is a particularly fine example of a substantial Victorian brick villa, distinguished by its elevated siting on a high bluestone plinth, and by its distinctive and unusual rendered quoining. (Criterion E)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House