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31 Canterbury Road
31 Canterbury Road CANTERBURY, Boroondara City

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Camberwell Conservation Study 1991
Camberwell Conservation Study 1991
Camberwell Conservation Study 1991
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Statement of Significance

Architecture, A Successful And Intact Design From The Masters Of The American Born Queen Anne Villa style (Ussher & Kernp) which, on its corner site, is well disposed for viewing the four elevations of its design and complementary to nearby individually notable and near contemporary houses: of state importance.

History , the owner represents the mainstream of the study area's Edwardian influx by his occupation and choice of house style: of local importance.

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    • Physical Description 1

      31 Canterbury Road - Physical Description 1

      With its broad, half-timbered and gabled main roof form and the skirt-like flared hip covering the verandah, this house approaches more than most Ussher & Kemp designs, the Far Eastern tea house prototype, so appropriate for this owner. Offsetting this tea-house symmetry is the gabled room bay, at the front elevation which terminates the slatted return verandah. A long verandah section opens onto the adjoining tennis court, whilst the section facing the front surveys a lawn and mature trees from the period. An extensive half-timbered gable juts out to the east, dormers in the rear roof look to the north and a single- storey verandahed service wing extends out towards a sympathetically designed garage. Mature trees at the front and side and a Cordyline at the rear are supportive of the period as are paint colours to the house.

      Integrity

      31 Canterbury Road - Integrity

      The fence has been replaced, steel windows fitted to the eastern gable and a window wall to a minor wing of the south elevation.

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Boroondara - Camberwell Conservation Study

      Author: Graeme Butler
      Year: 1991
      Grading: A

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