YORK HOUSE

York House, a two-storey rendered brick house built in 1877 for John Ward and incorporating elements of the Italianate style of the period. It possesses a two-tier cast iron verandah added in c.1900.

York House is of architectural significance to the State of Victoria. It satisfies the following criterion for inclusion in the Victorian Heritage Register:

Criterion D
Importance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of cultural places and objects.

York House is architecturally significant as a notable example of nineteenth-century architecture of the Victorian period incorporating elements of the Italianate style. It exhibits principal characteristics of the style including the use of bay windows, arched first-floor windows with architrave surrounds and keystones, and string course with floral motifs. Its distinctive design also responds to the unusual trapezoid shape and confines of the site. [Criterion D]