The property at 1-3 View Street, Healesville, is a large allotment,

set on the diagonal to the intersection of View and High streets. The

c. 1880s weatherboard residence, with its long rectilinear footprint,

is also large, with the principal facade facing south and addressing

View Street. While the house presents as a single-storey building to

View Street, it is double-storey on the north-north-west side where

the block slopes away following the topography of 'School Hill'. The

dwelling has a double-hipped roof clad in grey 'colorbond' roofing

metal; and a verandah which wraps around all but the narrow west

elevation, which is visible from High Street and has a non-original

carport attached. Windows to the dwelling are timber-framed

double-hung sashes, with the windows facing the east and the south

being tripartite forms with narrow openable sashes. The front door is

on the southelevation, with another door to the east elevation. The

verandah, which is not entirely original, is simply detailed, with

painted timber posts, timber railing and a balustrade of narrow

vertical uprights. The verandah floor is of timber. High timber picket

gates screen the driveway and carport from the street. The house is

set in an established garden setting with extensive areas of lawn.

The property at 1-3 View Street, Healesville, is of local historical

and aesthetic/architectural significance.

No 1-3 View Street, Healesville, is of local historical significance.

The dwelling is believed to have been constructed in the 1880s or

1890s in Narbethong and to have been relocated in 1918-19. The View

Street allotment was originally purchased in 1883, and the location -

at the intersection of View and High streets, Healesville - was

commonly known as 'School Hill'. The nearby State School, now

Healesville Primary School, was established there in 1878 and remains

today opposite the subject property. Local teacher Joseph George

bought the allotment in 1903, but it remained undeveloped until

purchased by grocer William J Sibbitt in 1918-19, who is believed to

have relocated the existing dwelling from another of his properties in

Narbethong. The house is also of local aesthetic/architectural

significance. The c. 1880s building is a substantially externally

intact late-Victorian Italianate style weatherboard villa, with a long

rectilinear footprint and horizontal massing, set on the diagonal to

the intersection of View and High streets. Elements of note include

the simply detailed wraparound verandah; and the separation of main

and verandah roofs, and hipped roofs. It is also, comparably, of a

more generous scale than other surviving Italianate houses in

Healesville, with larger and mostly earlier examples having been

demolished.

Integrity: No 1-3 View Street, Healesville, is a large allotment, set on the diagonal to the intersection of View and High streets. The c.1880s (relocated c.1918-19) weatherboard residence, with its long rectilinear footprint, is also large and set on the diagonal to the intersection, with the principal facade facing south and addressing View Street. While the house presents as a single-storey building to View Street, it is double-storey on the north-north-west side where the block slopes away following the topography of 'School Hill'. The house is also partly screened from public view by a high timber paling fence. The dwelling has a double-hipped roof clad in grey 'colorbond' roofing metal, with two rendered brick double chimneys with face brick cornices and terracotta chimney pots, visible on the southern hip ridge. The latter are not original.20 A verandah, which is also not entirely original, wraps around all but the narrow west elevation, which is visible from High Street and has a non-original carport attached. Windows to the dwelling are timber-framed double-hung sashes, with the windows facing the east and the south being tripartite forms with narrow openable sashes. The front door to the south elevation is obscured by a timber and flyscreen door, although the framing indicates it may be a Victorian-style four-panelled painted timber door; there is an additional door to the east elevation. The verandah structure is simply detailed, and comprises painted timber posts with a painted timber railing and a balustrade of narrow vertical uprights. The verandah floor is of timber; there are some enclosures to the verandah; and a number of skylights have been let into the verandah roofing. On the north side of the dwelling is a large terrace or deck, supported on a base of face brick. This was added to the property during works undertaken in 1992-93. These works also added an extensive lower level to the north side of the house, which is not visible from View Street.21 The open-sided timber-framed carport abutting the west elevation, with a hipped roof clad in the same materials as the residence, was also added to the property in 1992-93. High timber picket gates screen the driveway and carport from the street. A similar timber picket gate is sited further east and gives access to the entry and the verandah. The house is set in an established garden setting with extensive areas of lawn.