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Rosetta
43 Clive Road, HAWTHORN EAST, BOROONDARA CITY

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
43 Clive Road, Hawthorn East an Edwardian house built between 1912 and 1914 is significant. Later alterations to the rear of the property and the garage are not significant. The fence, whilst complementary to the house is of contemporary construction. 
How is it significant?
43 Clive Road, Hawthorn East is of local historic, representative (architectural) and aesthetic significance to the City of Boroondara.
Why is it significant?
43 Clive Road, Hawthorn East is historically significant as part of the large subdivision of Mornane’s Paddock, subdivided into 124 lots in 1882 and offered for sale in parcels over the next decade. (Criterion A) 
 
43 Clive Road, Hawthorn East is a good representative example of an Edwardian house that is highly intact in form and detail. It represents the development of mid-sized Edwardian houses from the late 1890s through to the early 1920s in an architectural style that was interpreted as more responsive to Australian conditions than Victorian architecture, and where elaborate compositions of larger Edwardian houses were constantly reinterpreted for smaller lots. (Criterion D) 
 
43 Clive Road, Hawthorn East is aesthetically significant for the features of the Edwardian style including the return verandah with pierced brick balustrade around two street frontages and round columns supporting the verandah roof. Other features include the partly glazed panelled door and sidelights with decorative leadlight panels. Aesthetic significance is attached to the use of red brick and render walls, timber strapping to the gables and the use of curved timber brackets. The main box bay windows facing Clive Road and Campbell Grove are significant elements featuring casement sashes with leadlight top-lights. The pair of chimneys with rendered tops and chimney posts complement the terracotta tiled roof. (Criterion E) 
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    • Physical Description 1

      Rosetta - Physical Description 1

      Description & Integrity
      The red brick and render Edwardian house at 43 Clive Road, Hawthorn East addresses the corner of Campbell Grove through its design of a return verandah each with a projecting gable complete with box bay window. This form of main hipped roof with two gables placed perpendicular and linked by a return verandah is a common form of the Edwardian house. Its proportions are those of the Edwardian villa downsized from earlier large-scale examples of the period and adapted for smaller lots. 43 Clive Road, Hawthorn East retains all its features of the style and is intact. A small and sympathetic extension to the rear and a garage facing Campbell Grove are the only visible external alterations. 
       
      The Clive Road frontage features an entrance with original partly glazed panelled door and sidelights framed between two half columns supported on the pierced brick balustrade. 
      The balustrade is built from moulded red brick with a double bull-nosed capping. The verandah is accessed via a set of bluestone steps. The door and sidelights feature decorative leadlight panels. The verandah balustrade extends around the Campbell Grove frontage with widely-spaced columns supporting the verandah roof. Each gable features rendered panels with timber strapping extending beyond the wall plane and a box bay window with leadlight top-lights beneath a regular array of casement and fixed sashes. Curved timber brackets support the gable either side of the main windows. 
       
      The terra cotta tiled roof features gablets with timber louvres as roof ventilation and a pair of chimneys with rendered tops and chimney posts. To the side a gable roofed extension with matching terra cotta roof features a bank of casement windows in sympathetic manner. The fence is of red brick in a matching design to that of the balustrade but does not appear to be original. The low height of the fence and plain topped pillars indicate that it is contemporary construction, though carefully designed and built to match the balustrade. The garden has been designed and planted in a formal manner that complements the house but is also of contemporary design. 

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

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

      Author: Context
      Year: 2018
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