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62 Kensington Road, Kensington

Allom Lovell & Associates, 1981-20051999

Record details

Title:

Creator:

Allom Lovell & Associates, 1981-2005

Date of work:

1999

Reference number:

BIF-FLKE 105241

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: c1916History:he house at 62 Kensington Road was constructed c.1916. It is first listed in the Sands & McDougall directory in 1917, when the occupant was Edward Hayes..Description:The house at 62 Kensington Road is a single-storey weatherboard Edwardian cottage with a longitudinal gabled roof. The upper walls are roughcast rendered above a weatherboard dado, and the gable end is half-timbered with roughcast rendered infill. Windows are timber-framed casements with highlights. The verandah has been removed..Significance:The house at 62 Kensington 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.

Names:

City of Melbourne

Topics:

Conservation studiesCity of Melbourne Heritage Review 1999Federation/Edwardian styleWeatherboard buildingsGables1910-1919

Places:

Kensington (Vic.)

Form/Genre:

Building Identification Forms (BIFs)

Record types:

Research and reports

Record number:

1278513