Bangalore, 33 Canning Street, North Melbourne
Butler, Graeme17/01/1985
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Bangalore, 33 Canning Street, North Melbourne
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17/01/1985
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BIF-NORTH 101358
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Grading as at 1985 : APeriod : Late Victorian (1892)Grantee : William Gidney 1865___________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1983, CONSERVATION STUDY FOR THE CITY OF MELBOURNE OF NORTH AND WEST MELBOURNE.History- Isaac Gidney, one of a horse dealing and exporting family, owned this house during its construction in 1893, Henry J Gidney becoming the owner occupier subsequently until c1901 when J. McPhail began to reside there. The Gidney family financed the construction of North Melbourne's most ornate row houses, particularly in Canning Street and in nearby Wood Street (Refer 23 - 7, 31 Canning Street, 22 -30 Wood Street) during the 1880s -90s.Description- One level stuccoed brick house with a return cast iron verandah and an asymmetrical by to the front and side elevations. Two entrances presumably mark the existence of Gidney's business office off Dryburgh Street, entered from a separate gate. Slate hipped roofs mark the Italianate form with associated detail consisting of profuse and deep eaves, bracketting, cast iron cresting, and finials, urns, barrel top chimney cornices and duplex verandah posts marking the portico like gable in the verandah roof. Rosettes, string and impost moulds, segment arch, pediments over the main windows, encaustic tiles and dressed basalt steps and plinths add to this rich and costly decorative scheme. The architect is unknown but the design resembles the richness of Norman Hitchcock but may have been the local F.J. Brearley (Refer 56 Chapman Street which has been altered)Integrity - Basalt plinth to fence painted; colours changed; roof gutter profile changed.Streetscape - major corner element of an important 19th century streetscape.Significance- Architecturally, judged in the context of a medium sized 19th century Italianate villa, Bangalore is perhaps the most richly decorated in Victoria, is prominently sited, part of an important streetscape and retains most of its original elements. It is of state wide importance. Historically, it attains local importance from the Gidney family of horse dealers and breeders, who also were responsible for the financing of some of Melbourne's most decorated small scale architecture.Recommendations - Repaint in original or typical colours; strip paint from the stone;use ogee profile guttering.___________________________Notable features include the fence, verandah decoration, and verandah roof and structure.
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