MAYLANDS

81 McKebery Street, COLERAINE VIC 3315 - Property No 078

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23115 Maylands Coleraine 0450

Statement of Significance

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  • Physical Conditions

    MAYLANDS - Physical Conditions

    The house suffers seriously from differential settlement away from the brick chimneys. The kitchen has been modified with the removal of the original Aga fuel stove and the introduction of new cupboards. Additions have been made across the rear of the house. In other ways the house is in good condition and retains a very high degree of integrity both internally and externally.

    Physical Description 1

    MAYLANDS - Physical Description 1

    Maylands is a storey timber residence with a substantial attic storey and a deliberately asymmetrical plan. The house is sited on the side of a hill which increases it picturesque qualities. Its style is Arts and Crafts and its form is that of a bungalow. The walls are weatherboard below the ground floor sill height and rough-cast render above and in the half-timbered gables. The roof is orange 'Marseilles' tiles which may have been imported.

    The plan of the house centres on a large hall and a notable dark stained timber staircase. The staircase is said to be of Queensland Maple and the floors of Jarrah. Reception rooms are on either side with the large drawing room extending forward on the west side and a smaller room on the east.. The fibrous plaster walls in these rooms and the hall are subdivided by dark stained timber detailing including a shelf at two-thirds the height of the room. The fireplace and its handsome mantel are the focus for the drawing room. The ceilings are also fibrous plaster and are, in the drawing room, in the Adamesque style typical of the Interwar period and, in the other front room, in a more unusual Elizabethan style. There is extensive leadlighting throughout the house which includes coloured glass in the more important rooms and which is geometric in other instances. The most elaborate coloured leadlighting is in the bathroom. There is a servery hatch between the kitchen and the drawing room. However there is another room on the other side f the kitchen which appears to have been used as a dining room or, perhaps, as a breakfast room.

    The main pedestrian accress is from an original double picket gate in the north-east corner. The original picket fence also survives. The garden is terraced with low stone walls and steps. The stones are said to have been salvaged from the ruins of Konongwootong Creek Homestead, also known as Stanley's Gardens. On the east side of the garden there is a small arbour with masonry piers and an open timber superstructure. There are several mature eucalypt trees, other native shrubs and conventional exotic species. The garden appears to retain a substantial degree of its original design with some more recent plantings.

    At the rear of the house there is an extensive weatherboard stable and coach house, subsequently modified to accommodate a car. Other service areas are included in this building. Access is gained by a concrete drive from the side street.

    Historical Australian Themes

    MAYLANDS - Historical Australian Themes

    Theme 3: Developing local, regional and national economies

    3.26 Providing health services

    3.26.1 Providing medical and dental services

    Theme 4: Building settlements, towns and cities

    4.5 Making settlements to serve rural Australia

    Usage/Former Usage

    MAYLANDS - Usage/Former Usage

    Residential

    Integrity

    MAYLANDS - Integrity

    Substantially Intact

    Physical Description 2

    MAYLANDS - Physical Description 2

    The Poynter family, including Dr Robert Poynter, chemist and dentist.

    Physical Description 3

    MAYLANDS - Physical Description 3

    Pt C/A 1 Pt 2 Sec 36

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Southern Grampians - Southern Grampians Shire Heritage Study

    Author: Timothy Hubbard P/L, Annabel Neylon
    Year: 2002
    Grading:

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