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Lumeah
64 Campbell Road, HAWTHORN EAST, BOROONDARA CITY

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Lumeah, 64 Campbell Road, Hawthorn East
Lumeah, 64 Campbell Road, Hawthorn East
Lumeah, 64 Campbell Road, Hawthorn East
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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
‘Lumeah’ at 64 Campbell Road Hawthorn East, a Federation house built in 1911-12 on part of Mornane’s Paddock subdivision is significant. 
 
The extensions carried out in 1994 and in 2003 including the ground floor additions,  first floor dormer windows to the south, additional windows in the west gable and three small dormer windows to the roof are not significant. The garage, tennis court and swimming pool are also not significant. 
How is it significant?
64 Campbell Road, Hawthorn East is of local representative (architectural) and aesthetic significance to the City of Boroondara.
Why is it significant?
64 Campbell Road, Hawthorn East is part of a large cohort of Federation houses in Boroondara demonstrating the key characteristics of the style including hipped and gabled roof form, central first floor attic with balcony, box bay or bow windows, projecting gables, tuckpointed brick and roughcast render, terra cotta tile and timber fretwork. Its particular contribution is in the demonstration of a more formal approach to planning with a symmetrical frontage around a central entrance. While 64 Campbell Road, Hawthorn East is not alone in this approach, it is important for its demonstration of the transition from the flamboyant and freeform expression of the earlier Federation houses and towards the interwar period of more austerity. 64 Campbell Road is one of relatively few large Federation houses to demonstrate this aspect of Boroondara’s residential development in the Hawthorn East locality. The house shares many of the characteristic details of architect Christopher Cowper’s Queen Anne designs, and appears to be his work. (Criterion D)
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    • Physical Description 1

      Lumeah - Physical Description 1

      64 Campbell Road, Hawthorn East is located on a subdivided allotment on the corner of Havelock Road. The house is situated to the rear of the subdivided allotment, but the setting of the front and side gardens has been maintained. The house is a large two storey Federation style with attic rooms and a first-floor front balcony. The form of the house is symmetrical across the frontage elevation with some variation to the symmetry towards the rear. Projecting strapped timber gables are either side of the entrance that is set within a recessed porch under a small hipped roof. This is one of relatively few large Federation houses in the Hawthorn East locality
       
      The front door is half glazed and sidelights are of decorative leadlight. A balcony with solid balustrade and timber fretwork with a large arch is the central feature of the first floor. Wall surfaces are a combination of smooth render below the string course and roughcast above. The north and east elevations feature six sash casement sashes in bow windows with top-lights and decorative leaded glass. A large square box window is to the west elevation, above which is a timber strapped gable with contemporary yet sympathetically designed windows.
       
      The main roof form is a large hip with projecting gables to the sides and front. Terra cotta tiles have been used throughout. The house has undergone at least two renovations, once in 1994 and again in 2002 by Heather Wright Architect (BP). The 1994 extensions focused on adding two small extensions to a ground floor wing. However, in 2002 the extensions resulted in three small dormer windows and an upper floor double gabled area to the south Windows were added to the west gable between the strapping. The site also comprises a garage to the rear which is visible from Havelock Road, and within the front setback a swimming pool and contemporary timber picket fencing. 

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Boroondara - Municipal-Wide Heritage Gap Study Volume 6: Hawthorn East

      Author: Context
      Year: 2018
      Grading: Local

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