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263 Dorset Road CROYDON, MAROONDAH CITY

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Maroondah City

House on Dorset Rd 263

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Statement of Significance
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Statement of Significance

A characteristic symmetrical timber Italianate house, probably built in c1890. It is historically significant locally as a relatively rare building of early Croydon, as physical evidence of family life then, and architecturally as a rare example of this domestic type in Croydon.

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- Physical Description 1
  
  House - Physical Description 1
  
  A timber elevated Italianate double-fronted symmetrical house. It has a hipped roof and eaves decorated with coved bracket-pairs with a disc and a panel frieze between. The verandah is hipped, with bevelled plain posts. Windows are tripartitie double-hung sashes, with disc and panel decoration. The front entry is a four-panelled door with fan and side-lights, approached on axis by stairs.
  
  Physical Conditions
  
  House - Physical Conditions
  
  Very good.
  
  Intactness
  
  House - Intactness
  
  Good. The roofing may have been replaced.
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Maroondah - Maroondah Heritage Study
  
  Author: Richard Peterson Architect & Conservation Consultant
  Year: 2010
  Grading:
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- Jenkin's Cottage
  
  National Trust
- Former Croydon Fire Station
  
  Maroondah City
- War Memorial - World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam
  
  Maroondah City
- "1890"
  
  Yarra City
- 'BRAESIDE'
  
  Boroondara City
- 'ELAINE'
  
  Boroondara City