Presbyterian Manse - Kirby House

127 Durham Road, SUNSHINE VIC 3020 - Property No 119

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1711a - Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Study 1999

Statement of Significance

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  • Physical Description 1

    Presbyterian Manse - Kirby House - Physical Description 1

    A weatherboard and stucco verandahed Federation Bungalow with an Indian character expressed in the hipped roof and timber verandah detailing. A gabled half-timbered room bay facing north has coloured glass in the upper casement lights and there are also faceted window bays formed under the wide verandah set at a diagonal. Set on a corner site (Watt Street and Durham Road) the house has some mature planting which includes: silky oak, peppercorn tree, two loquats, pomegranate, one aloe, a fig and a walnut, with a curved concrete pathway (with rolled edge) from the gate to the verandah. At the rear is a c.1940s kit garage with asbestos cement sheet parapet and corrugated 'super six' wall cladding. The site borders a carpark on its east side. Miles Lewis has described the house as 'squarely in the Edwardian manner, with a diagonal emphasis created by taking a verandah across most of the front and back along one side, closing it at either end with a room thrust forward under a gable'. The house cost £575 and included front room, drawing room, dining room, hall, passage, bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen, pantry, scullery, and back verandah. Like many Federation houses, it has a massive roof and tall tapering chimneys finished in roughcast render with a corbelled red-brick cap.

    Alteration to the house since it was built include the following: Removal of the tall front chimney, replacement of the slate roof with terracotta ridgecapping with corrugated iron, a skillion addition to the south end of the Watt Street elevation, installation of a concrete slab floor to the verandah, and the installation of roller shutters to most windows. While the house is of overall high intactness, its setting has been compromised since the 2007 heritage study was prepared. In particular the mature plantings - silky oak, peppercorn tree, two loquats, pomegranate, one aloe, a fig and a walnut - and a curved concrete pathway (with rolled edge) from the gate to the verandah have all been removed. The c.1940s kit garage with asbestos cement sheet parapet and corrugated 'super six' wall cladding is also gone from the rear yard.

    Physical Conditions

    Presbyterian Manse - Kirby House - Physical Conditions

    In good condition, although some alterations have occurred at the rear, and roller shutters have been installed on the main windows(Intrusive but reversible).

    Historical Australian Themes

    Presbyterian Manse - Kirby House - Historical Australian Themes

    4 Building settlement, towns and cities
    4.1 Planning urban settlements

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Brimbank - Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Study

    Author: G. Vines
    Year: 2000
    Grading: Local

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