Coolagong, Kimbolton
6 Brook Street HAWTHORN, Boroondara City
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Statement of Significance
Coolagong, 6 Brook Street, Hawthorn, is of local historical and architectural significance. It is a fine and generally intact example of a Federation-Italianate hybrid dwelling which was common in Boroondara around 1900, but less so in Hawthorn. Coolagong is one of a very few houses in Hawthorn which exhibit this combination of distinctive design characteristics - latticed gable-fronts, tall window proportions, ogee-sectioned eave friezes, and accentuated course lines - in an overall composition which is assured and well executed. The house also has some presence on the street, with the generous allotment and garden setback allowing for an appreciation of the overall building form.
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Coolagong, Kimbolton - Physical Description 1
Coolagong, 6 Brook Street, Hawthorn, is a single-storey brick residence in the Federation-Italianate design. Its main roof is slate clad, with iron ridge-capping; the slate tiling is bisected with a decorative three-course polygonal pattern. The chimneys have exposed tuck pointed face brick stacks and heavily sculpted stucco cornices. The external walls are in tuck pointed exposed red face brick, on a bluestone plinth, with double rendered courses. The return verandah, splayed at the corner and with a latticed gablet over, has a roof of corrugated galvanized steel, cast iron lacework frieze, cast iron columns, and tiled floor with a bluestone edge. The verandah is flanked at each end with projecting wings, topped with gables faced in a diagonal (diamond) lattice pattern of timber strapping laid over a stucco background. The gables sit on a rough cast stucco frieze (inverted ogee in section) that continues on under the main roof eaves. The south projecting wing has a canted bay, with tall timber-framed sash windows (proportioned in a roughly 3:1 ratio between main lights and high lights, in the Norman Shaw-free style pattern favoured in the Federation period), with flat lintels. A three-light window is located at the splayed corner, with a double-light window, with flat lintels, in the east projecting wing. The front door case appears to be original, and the door window and sidelights are leaded in a William Montgomery-style art-nouveau pattern. The driveway is asphalt, and the garage which was added in 1975 is detailed in similar manner to the main dwelling. An open rear verandah was also added the following year.[i] The front picket fence is more recent.
[i] City of Hawthorn Building Index, Permit #12229, dated 26 August 1975 (garage), and #12584, dated 26 February 1976 (rear verandah).
Heritage Study and Grading
Boroondara - Review of C* Grade Buildings in the Former City of Hawthorn
Author: Lovell Chen Architects & Heritage Consultants
Year: 2006
Grading: C*Boroondara - Hawthorn Heritage Study
Author: Meredith Gould Conservation Architects
Year: 1993
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