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Glenarra House, 703 Spencer Street, West Melbourne

Graeme Butler and AssociatesJuly 1991
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Glenarra House, 703 Spencer Street, West Melbourne
Date of work:
July 1991
Reference number:
BIF-NORTH 108896
Level of description:
Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
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GRAEME BUTLER 1983,1991 CONSERVATION STUDY FOR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE OF NORTH AND WEST MELBOURNEGrading as at 1991 : CPeriod : Victorian (1883)Note 2026: refer to 2015 citation for revised history,Grantee : M Dawson 1859HistoryAlexander McKenzie of Abbotsford Street who was probably a saddler, had this house built in 1876. Anthony Callinan purchased the house in 1885 and owned it for the next ten years. As neither owner lived there, it was leased to such people as Ellen Scanlon and John McNaughton.DescriptionA two storey, stuccoed brick house with a segment arched parapet entablature, a cast iron verandah, iron picket fence and urns at the parapet extremities, the balustrade iron is of an unusual pattern.Integrity - Generally original.Streetscape - Part of a 19th century residential streetscape.SignificanceArchitecturally, an early and near original example of a common type and part of a streetscape, of regional importance. Historically, a speculative housing development, of local interest.Recommendations - Repaint in typical or original colours, consider zoning provisions to maintain residential use and form.References:(RB= Rate book; D= Melbourne or Victoria Directory)1 RB 1876, 2517 (BH 4 rooms and bath ₤30 ); RB 18B5-86, 213 (Callinan BH 6 rooms ₤40 ); RB 1896-97 , 217 (Callinan BH 6 rooms)___________________________GRAEME BUTLER & ASSOCIATES, 2015. WEST MELBOURNE HERITAGE REVIEWWhat is significant?Builder, Alexander McKenzie, lived in a four room brick house on this site in the 1870s. Previously he had lived in Abbotsford Street where he built a house in 1865, adding to it in 1870. Anthony Callanan, a Stanley Street builder, purchased the house by 1883 and rebuilt it as two storeys. He owned it for the next ten years, leasing the house out.Contributory elements include:A two storey, stuccoed brick house;face brick side and rear walls;a raised segment arched parapet entablature, with cornice, vermiculated blocks;urns at the parapet extremities;corrugated iron clad hipped roof;cemented chimneys;double-hung sash windows with cemented architraves;four panel door, with toplight;a cast iron verandah, with panelled frieze and brackets, and balustrade iron of an unusually fine guilloche patterniron picket fence on dressed stone plinth; andcontribution as part of a 19th century residential streetscape.Integrity is good despite rendering of the west side wall.How is it significant?Glenarra House is significant historically and aesthetically to West Melbourne.Why is it significant?Glenarra House is significant.Aesthetically, the house is a near original example of a common West Melbourne row house type and a contributory part of a streetscape; andHistorically, a typical speculative housing development for the area and representative of a major growth period (Victorian-era) in West Melbourne..GRAEME BUTLER & ASSOCIATES, 2015. WEST MELBOURNE HERITAGE REVIEW RESEARCHCity of Melbourne Valuers Books1900, 224Ellen Scanlon, Anthony Callinan 703, BH 6 rooms, 19x106 ₤26 x-out to 301886, 215Jno McNaughton, Anthony Callanan BH 6 rooms, 19x106 ₤401885, 213Jno McNaughton, Anthony Callanan BH 6 rooms, 19x106 ₤401883, 2815(Harrison also 1 BH new)-, Anthony Callanan (note written in 1-2 storey BH)land x-out, 18x106 ₤121884, 2818(Harrison x-out)Jno McNaughton, Anthony Callanan BH , 19x106 ₤50
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Record number:
1603767
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