The property at 347 Maroondah Highway, Healesville, dates from c.1927

and is a double-fronted weatherboard house with a projecting verandah

over part of the principal facade, covering a recessed entrance. The

building is elevated and the verandah is accessed by a short flight of

timber steps with painted timber handrails. The house has a large

single hipped roof clad in corrugated steel, and a single brick

chimney to the rear north-west corner. The house has wide eaves with

exposed rafters, and the roof slopes down to incorporate the front

verandah. The windows to the facade are paired double-hung timber

sashes and the front door has a multi-paned clear glazed sidelight to

its east side. The front door is a ledged painted timber door and

incorporates multi-paned glazing to its upper section. The verandah is

supported on paired square-profile painted posts and the balustrade is

also of painted timber with non-original painted timber trellis panels

beneath the balustrade. Another verandah runs along the rear elevation

to the full width of the house, the roof of which is clad in clear

laserlite. The house has a mature garden setting, including a

prominent Canary Island Palm and a windmill palm.

The property at 347 Maroondah Highway, Healesville, is of local

historical and aesthetic/architectural significance.

The property at 347 Maroondah Highway, Healesville, is of local

historical significance. The dwelling was constructed in c.1927 in a

subdivision which, being north-east of the Graceburn River was outside

the original town reserve of Healesville. The house is significant for

its association with the State Savings Bank of Victoria's scheme to

finance and build affordable houses in the post-WWI period. While the

majority of these houses were built in Melbourne, this property is an

example of one in a country area. The dwelling is believed to be a

design of architect G Burridge Leith, who contributed designs to the

State Savings Bank of Victoria book, Design Book Timber-Framed

Dwellings containing 56 standard types; the latter included

houses considered suitable for country districts. Of added historical

interest is the fact that there was not a large number of State

Savings Bank houses constructed in Healesville, although some local

residences have features which are characteristic of the designs. The

house is also of local aesthetic/architectural significance. While a

comparatively modest house, and simply detailed, it is a substantially

externally intact example of a 1920s weatherboard bungalow, with an

asymmetrical verandah over a recessed entrance, a large single hipped

roof which slopes down to incorporate the verandah, and wide eaves

with exposed rafters. This aspect of significance is enhanced by the

mature garden setting, including a prominent Canary Island Palm. It is

also a representative example of the State Savings Bank house type,

with elements of Burridge Leith's designs evident in the dwelling

including the asymmetrical front verandah associated with the entry

elevation; the hipped roof including its pitch; the exposed rafter

intervals; window proportions; and the window and door spacing.

Integrity: The house at 347 Maroondah Highway, Healesville is sited at the north-west corner of Maroondah Highway and Evelyn Grove. The residence is a double-fronted weatherboard house with a projecting verandah over part of the principal facade, covering a recessed entrance. The building is elevated on a plinth clad in horizontal timber boarding and the verandah is accessed by a short flight of timber steps with painted timber handrails. The house has a large single hipped roof clad in corrugated steel, and a single brick chimney to the rear north-west corner. The house has wide eaves with exposed rafters, and the roof slopes down to incorporate the front verandah. The windows to the facade are paired double-hung timber sashes and the front door has a multi-paned clear glazed sidelight to its east side. The front door is a ledged painted timber door and incorporates multi-paned glazing to its upper section. The verandah is supported on paired square-profile painted posts and the balustrade is also of painted timber with non-original painted timber trellis panels beneath the balustrade. Another verandah, which has been infilled, runs along the rear elevation to the full width of the house. There is also a small rear addition and carport to the rear of the building. The house has a mature garden setting, including a prominent mature Canary Island Palm. The windmill palm is a more recent planting. The fence is a non-original powder-coated metal palisade fence. Vehicular access is from Evelyn Grove, and there is a non-original prefabricated metal garage to the rear of the house. The original extent of the property appears to have been subdivided, with a modern house facing Evelyn Grove constructed on the northern section of the subdivided allotment.