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31 Westbourne Road, Kensington

Allom Lovell & Associates, 1981-20051999

Record details

Title:

Creator:

Allom Lovell & Associates, 1981-2005

Date of work:

1999

Reference number:

BIF-FLKE 110040

Level of description:

Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)

Type of materials:

Graphic materialsTextual material

Part of:

Series: Flemington and Kensington (BIF-FLKE)

Access restrictions:

UnrestrictedOpen access.

Use restrictions:

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General notes:

Period: EdwardianConstruction date: c1911History:The house at 31 Westbourne Road was constructed c.1911*. The first definite listing of the house in the Sands & McDougall directory in 1912, when the occupant of the house as listed as John S Robertson..Description:The house at 31 Westbourne Road is a single-storey, block-fronted Edwardian cottage with a hipped corrugated galvanised steel roof with bracketed eaves. Raised on a high plinth, the house has a small timber post verandah accessed by a flight of stairs. Windows are timber-framed casements and the timber-panelled entrance door has sidelights. The chimney is of red brick with a corbelled capping. The steel front fence is not original..Significance:The house at 31 Westbourne Road, Kensington, is of local historical and aesthetic interest. The house is an example of the type of small timber Edwardian cottages which were constructed in large numbers in this part of Kensington in the 1910s. The house is a contributory element in a largely intact streetscape.Car: Toyota Corona manufactured in Fisherman's Bend 1972-1974

Names:

City of Melbourne

Topics:

Conservation studiesCity of Melbourne Heritage Review 1999Federation/Edwardian styleWeatherboard buildingsVerandahs1910-1919

Places:

Kensington (Vic.)

Form/Genre:

Building Identification Forms (BIFs)

Record types:

Research and reports

Record number:

1283626