The property at 2 Westmount Road, Healesville, comprises a

single-storey double-fronted weatherboard late Federation style

residence of 1922, on a diagonal plan. The house has a large

low-pitched pyramidal roof with a smaller gable to the bay at the

north-east corner of the building; and a deep verandah which returns

from the north facade to the west elevation. The verandah roof is

integrated with the main roof slope, with the roof clad in corrugated

iron; a prominent double brick chimney is located on the west roof

plane. The bay at the north-east corner of the house is gable-ended,

with a boxed bay tripartite casement window with coloured glass

toplights, sunhood/awning over, and painted shingles to the gable face

behind a painted timber screen. The weatherboards to the base of the

building and mid-height are also notched to emulate shingles. The

windows to the verandah are tripartite casement forms, with those to

the west elevation being paired timber-framed double-hung sashes. The

verandah has a simple frieze of timber slats intersticed with simple

cutout timber panels, and is supported on painted timber posts with

timber brackets. The balustrade is of vertical timber slats, also

intersticed with cutout timber panels. The verandah floor is timber

boarding. The house is sited on a sloping block, from east to west;

the undercroft to the west side is concealed by painted horizontal

timber boarding. The property also has a lawn area and some trees to

the front (north) setback, and a larger grassed expanse with trees to

the property boundary on the south side of the house.

The property at 2 Westmount Road, Healesville, is of local historical

and aesthetic/architectural significance.

No 2 Westmount Road, Healesville, is of local historical

significance. The dwelling was constructed in 1922, on an allotment

which was part of an earlier subdivision outside the original town

reserve of Healesville. Westmount Road was originally a private road

built in 1911, to service several guesthouses along its length. The

street's elevated position, with views of the surrounding countryside,

made it a popular location for guesthouses, and several flourished in

this area in the first decades of the twentieth century. The subject

property, due to its comparatively modest size, is not believed to

have operated as a guesthouse. The property is also of local

aesthetic/architectural significance, as substantially externally

intact, late Federation weatherboard building, with a large spreading,

low-pitched roof, and a deep return verandah with a comparatively

simply detailed verandah frieze and balustrade. Elements of note

include the diagonal planning as emphasized by the return verandah;

projecting east end bay incorporating a boxed bay with a tripartite

casement window with coloured glass toplights, sunhood/awning, and

painted shingles to the gable face behind a painted timber screen; and

weatherboards notched to emulate shingles. Elements in common with

other houses of the general period in Healesville include the

projecting gabled wing coupled to either a straight or return verandah

(as here); the verandah roof integrated with the main roof form; and

the straight-newel verandah railings, timber verandah posts and

boarded up undercrofts.

Integrity: The property at 2 Westmount Road, Healesville comprises a single-storey double-fronted weatherboard late Federation style residence, on a diagonal plan. The house has a large low-pitched pyramidal roof with a smaller gable to the bay at the north-east corner of the building; and a deep verandah which returns from the north facade to the west elevation. The verandah roof is integrated with the main roof slope. The roof is clad in corrugated iron, with some areas of iron roof to the front retaining vestiges of earlier green paint finish. A prominent double brick chimney with a stepped brickwork cap is located on the west roof plane. The bay at the north-east corner of the house is gable-ended and faces Westmount Road. It has a boxed bay window with a timber-framed tripartite casement window with coloured glass toplights; a sunhood/awning over clad in aged narrow-profile corrugated iron; and painted shingles to the gable face behind a painted timber screen. The weatherboards to the base of the building and mid-height are also notched to emulate shingles. The windows to the verandah are tripartite casement forms as described previously, and the windows opening onto the verandah to the west elevation are paired timber-framed double-hung sashes. The front door is a non-original painted four-paneled timber door with glazed sidelights and toplights. The verandah has a simple frieze of timber slats intersticed with simple cutout timber panels, and is supported on painted timber posts with timber brackets. The balustrade is of vertical timber slats, also intersticed with cutout timber panels. The verandah floor is timber boarding. The verandah balustrade and frieze appears to have been recently renewed. The driveway runs along the east side of the property; there is a graveled driveway to the west side of the house; and a concrete path branches off and leads to the verandah. The house is sited on a sloping block, from east to west; the undercroft to the west side is concealed by painted horizontal timber boarding.

The property has a lawn area and some trees to the front (north) setback, and a larger grassed expanse with trees to the property boundary on the south side of the house. There is no front fence and the extent of the title boundary to Westmount Road is unclear.