DUNEDIN HOUSE
25 MORRISON STREET, KANGAROO FLAT - PROPERTY NUMBER 216255, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
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Statement of Significance
Dunedin House is also associated with architect Joseph M Brady, who in partnership with engineer Robert Moffat, ran a successful practice in the Bendigo region and was involved in a number of local developments including the Crusoe waterworks near Kangaroo Flat; the 'Bendigo Independent' offices in Bendigo; and the former 'Golden Eagle' flour mill in Bendigo. Brady also reputedly held the position of the Sandhurst Diocesan architect for the Catholic Church, where he was also involved in designing the former Bishop's Palace in McCrae Street and St Patrick's Church in Marong.
Dunedin House is of aesthetic/architectural significance (Criterion E). The massing of the building is of interest, with two distinct components including the asymmetrical west end with a main hipped roof and valleys coupled to a porch hip and projecting side hips. This component also has finely detailed semi-circular cream window arches. The east component has a U-shaped hipped roof and extensive verandah to three sides, with more finely detailed work, including the cast iron lacework frieze. Other elements of note include the stuccoed dressings, with vermiculated quoins and panels to the chimneys and the elevated entry on the north elevation which is approached by a flight of granite steps with curved balustrades, entry piers and urns, all in moulded or rendered cement or stucco. The substantial landscaped garden, which retains much of its early layout, enhances the aesthetic significance. The scale and grandeur of the property also reflects the eminence of the man who commissioned it, English barrister J A C Helm.
The property is additionally a rare example of a substantial property dating to the 1870s that was built on the fringes of Bendigo (Criterion B).
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DUNEDIN HOUSE - Physical Description 1
asymmetrical block on the east side of Morrison Street, between Dudley Street and Victoria Avenue, Kangaroo Flat. The main presentation of the property is to the north, to Dudley Street.
The massing of the building is in two broad parts. The eastern component has a U-shaped hipped roof and verandah anchored below the main roof eave on three sides, facing a new subdivision around Victoria Avenue. The western component is asymmetrical, with a main hipped roof and valleys coupled to a porch hip and two projecting side hips. There is also a pyramidal-roofed component at the house centre. The dwelling is built of bichrome red and cream face brick with stuccoed dressings, with vermiculated quoins and panels to the chimneys. The chimneys also use vermiculation in their stack and collar panels, above plain pedestals. Windows to the verandah elevations are timber-framed double hung sashes, with window sills overhung to receive sliding louvered shutters; while those to the western section have semi-circular cream window arches. The elevated entry is approached by a flight of granite steps with curved balustrades, entry piers and urns, all in moulded or rendered cement or stucco. The timber posted verandah has a timber frieze rail and cast iron lace frieze to the principal elevations and is terminated by the projecting wings.
The property includes remnants of an early garden layout, including mature trees and plantings and a vehicle turning circle accessed from the north (Dudley Street) entrance. A modern garage, clad in corrugated galvanised steel, is at the property's south-west corner. A modern timber picket fence fronts the Dudley Street boundary. The vehicle entrance comes through a set of wrought iron gates which may or may not be original or early. The bluestone piers to the gates are not original, with more recent materials in the piers indicating they are of more contemporary origin.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Bendigo - Heritage Policy Citations Review
Author: Lovell Chen P/L
Year: 2011
Grading: Local
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