The property at 45 McGrettons Road, Healesville, comprises a

substantial 1930s double-storey (attic-storey) brick bungalow style

dwelling, on a rectilinear plan. It has a gabled roof form, with large

symmetrical (matching) gables to the north and south ends, and lesser

gables to the east and west elevations. The roof is tiled, with eaves

to the gables, and several tall brick chimneys with corniced tops are

visible. The property is also large and the house has a very deep

setback to McGrettons Road, separated from the road by a paddock and

screened in part by a treed/vegetated boundary to the road. To the

east and south sides of the house there is a parking area. A formal

lawn area is laid out on the east side of the house, which is

encircled with varied trees and mature vegetation, including several

large palm trees. The treed setting also extends to the north, west

and south sides of the dwelling.

The property at 45 McGrettons Road, Healesville, is of local

historical and aesthetic significance.

The property at 45 McGrettons Road, Healesville, is of local

historical significance. It is associated with a much larger

landholding that dates back to the second half of the nineteenth

century, when land west of the township of Healesville was developed

as large grazing estates with homesteads. James F Sullivan owned the

land in 1865, which at that time extended for 775 acres; in the 1880s

it was under the ownership of J C Steel, with the landholding known as

Bona Vista. In 1889, Crown Allotments 13 and 14, on which the subject

property is located, were sold as part of the first subdivision of

Bona Vista. The owner of the property in 1933, when the house was

built, was cattle farmer Jonathan Charles James Marriott. The

association with Marriott, who was a large landholder in this area of

Healesville, is significant, and Marriott and his family remained at

the property into the 1950s. No 45 McGrettons Road, Healesville, is

also of local aesthetic significance. The 1933 residence is a large

and substantially externally intact double-storey (attic-storey) brick

bungalow style dwelling, on a rectilinear plan. It is distinguished by

its generous size and proportions, with a prominent gabled roof form

on the east side and large symmetrical (matching) gables to the north

and south ends. Other important characteristics include the brick

pillared verandah with roof integrated into the main roof slope; brick

chimney forms expressed in the side walls; and original timber-framed

windows with leadlight upper panes. Substantial 1930s brick bungalow

dwellings are not a common house type in Healesville. The property is

also large and derives further aesthetic significance from its

vegetated setting including the treed frontage to McGrettons Road; the

formal lawn area on the east side of the house which is encircled by

trees and mature vegetation, including several large palm trees; and

the continuation of the treed setting to the north, west and south

sides of the dwelling.

Intactness: [Note: the following description is based on the images reproduced above, and that part of the building which is visible from the public domain. The consultants have also viewed images from a real estate brochure of August 2013, which have assisted with the description.]

The residence at 45 McGrettons Road, Healesville, is a large and substantially externally intact 1930s double-storey (attic-storey) brick bungalow style dwelling, on a rectilinear plan. It has a prominent gabled roof form on the east side, with large symmetrical (matching) gables to the north and south ends. The roof is tiled, with eaves to the gables, and several brick chimneys with corniced tops are visible. The chimney forms are also expressed in the side walls. The entrance is located on the east side of the dwelling, via a recessed brick pillared verandah with roof integrated into the main roof slope. A gabled single-storey wing, with verandah, extends from the south side of the dwelling. Other details include original timber-framed windows with leadlight upper panes.

The property is large and the house has a very deep setback to McGrettons Road, separated from it by a paddock and screened in part by a treed/vegetated (pines) boundary to the road. To the east and south sides of the house there is a parking area. A formal lawn area is laid out on the east side of the house, which is encircled with varied trees and mature vegetation, including several large palm trees. The treed setting also extends to the north, west and south sides of the dwelling.