2-4 Barrington Avenue

2-4 Barrington Avenue KEW, BOROONDARA CITY

Barrington Avenue Precinct, Kew

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Review of B Graded Buildings in Kew, Camberwell & Hawthorn

Statement of Significance

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  • Physical Description 1

    2-4 Barrington Avenue - Physical Description 1

    The house at 171 Cotham Road, Kew, is an attic-storey double-fronted Federation-style villa of brick construction and essentially symmetrical planning. The gabled slate-clad roof has exposed rafters and brick chimneys and the distinctive bracketed flying gable ends feature carved barge boards roughcast rendered infill and ornate pressed cement cartouche. The facade displays tuckpointed red face brickwork and comprises a pair of projecting bays, each of which contains a bow window, flanking a central recessed porch. The tessellated tiled porch is entered via a bold archway which is embellished by a brick moulding; it leads to the main entrance which comprises a semi-circular arched opening with glazed panelled timber door with leadlight surrounds. The porch extends upwards to the attic level to provide a balcony to the central attic dormer, which has been infilled with timber-framed sashes. Fenestration elsewhere comprises groups and singular timber-framed double-hung sashes with diaper leadlight glazing.

    Overall, with the exception of the glazing to the attic balcony, and notwithstanding that alterations and additions may have been undertaken at the rear of the property in 1957, 1977 and 1980[i], as viewed from Cotham Road, the house appears to be substantially intact, externally.

    The property is fronted by a non-original paling fence and was subdivided to the north in 2003.[ii]

    [i] City of Kew Building Index, #603, dated 3 October 1957, #7091, dated 12 December 1977 and #8657, dated 4 August 1980.

    [ii] Planning Permit No. BOR/01/01453, dated 25 April 2003, City of Boroondara Planning File 40/409/08711 Parts 1 & 2.

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Boroondara - Review of B Graded Buildings in Kew, Camberwell and Hawthorn

    Author: Lovell Chen Architects & Heritage Consultants
    Year: 2006
    Grading: B

    Boroondara - City of Kew Urban Conservation Study

    Author: Pru Sanderson Design Pty Ltd
    Year: 1988
    Grading:

    Boroondara - Municipal-Wide Heritage Gap Study Volume 4: Kew

    Author: Context
    Year: 2018
    Grading:

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