Beulah, 301 Flemington Road, North Melbourne
Butler, Graeme18/01/1985
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Beulah, 301 Flemington Road, North Melbourne
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18/01/1985
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Grading as at 1985 (A-E) : APeriod : Mid Victorian (1886)Grantee : J Bamber 1867___________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1983, CONSERVATION STUDY FOR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE OF NORTH AND WEST MELBOURNEHistory- Beulah was owned and occupied by a coachbuilder, George Burton from its construction in 1886 until 1887 when it was bought by George Stuckey, a wood and coal merchant, who lived there until 1895. George Stuckey was born in 1838 in Devonshire, England and 17 years later he arrived in Melbourne. [Victoria and its Metropolis Vol IIB p 721] He was a miner and farmer near Ballarat and was involved with the construction of the Long Tunnel Mine at Walhalla. [The Argus 23 September 1909 p 7] After some success in speculating, he returned to Melbourne in 1877 and bought a produce store in North Fitzroy. [Victoria and its Metropolis loc cit] He moved from there to an even more lucrative business in wood and coal at the lower level siding of Spencer Street (Southern Cross) Station. Stuckey was the founder and first President of the Melbourne and Suburban Firewood Merchants Association. [The Argus loc cit]Description- A parapetted stuccoed brick villa set on a symmetrical twin-bayed plan with a central porch, in antis, and an iron picket fence. This unusual design possesses a heavy parapet cornice with unusual mouldings, atop the parapet at the corners, and a richly foliated entablature under. Rosettes are placed in the spandrels of the central lights of the architraved, arched openings set in each face of the bay: a keystone, flanked by scrolls is placed at each. Adapted Corinthian columns support the arched porch and, above, a flat cornice, which possesses an entablature with alternative rosettes and stylised trylights (sic triglyphs) and foliation in the spandrels.Integrity - Generally original, except the screen door and colours.Streetscape- Located at the end of a corner 19th century group which commences at 289, but which is of varied scale and form type: all facing the boulevard.Significance-Architecturally, of State-wide significance as an unusually composed and precisely detailed form of intermediately sized suburban villa construction.Historically, of regional importance, given North and West Melbourne's special role in proximity to the Spencer Street railway yards and distribution of fire wood from there to the metropolis: Stuckey being a leader in this area.
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