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Brynmawr, Sacred Heart Convent & Organ
172 Burke Road GLEN IRIS, STONNINGTON CITY

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172 Burke Road, Glen Iris

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Statement of Significance

A 2-storey building of 1859 to which a two-storey balcony and portico were added in the 1870s. Notable as the only identifiable work of the architect Geroge Wharton. First Classified 20/12/73 Revised: Classified Local 3/8/98Ogan Statement of Significance: This organ was built by the noted French firm of Merklin & Cie, Paris & Lyon, in the late 19th century for St Joseph's Convent, Marseilles. When the Religious Order was disbanded by government decree, the organ was shipped to Melbourne and erected in the Chapel by Fincham & Son in 1905. Apart from the addition of electric blowing, the organ appears to remain totally intact and is thus a rare example of French romantic organbuilding. The console is reversed, with terraced stop-jambs and foot-operated couplers, and the Gothic case has been grained in an oak finish. First Classified 28/7/83 Revised: Classified Local 3/8/98

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- Physical Description 1
  
  Brynmawr, Sacred Heart Convent & Organ - Physical Description 1
  
  School Buildings, Convent of the Sacred Heart, Glen Iris, are a red brick, L-shaped complex, comprising the three storey with attic S .E. wing (1890) and the N.W. chapel wing (1904) ,built to designs of Tappin, Gilbert and Dennehy. A bluestone plinth supports tuck-pointed brickwork, with details apparently sandstone (S.E. wing) and stucco (Chapel wing). Roofs are of slate, with unusual terra cotta ridge cappings and dormer windows.
  
  School Buildings, Convent of the Sacred Heart, Glen Iris, are a local landmark and typify late 19th century convent/school buildings.
  
  Stylistically, the earliest S.E. wing is a utilitarian gothic revival style, with decorative arches, large brick chimneys and dormer windows with patterned sides relieving the severity of the design. The Chapel wing (1904) is in a Tudor revival style, the Chapel itself being of note for the fan vault ,tracery decorating the barrel. vaulted ceiling and its European fittings.
  
  School Buildings, Convent of the Sacred Heart, Glen Iris, are substantially intact, although a castellated lift motor room. and extensive unsympathetic buildings to the east and north have been added
  
  Physical Description 2
  
  Brynmawr, Sacred Heart Convent & Organ - Physical Description 2
  
  Pipe Organ - Cross References to HO351
  
  "This organ was built by the noted French firm of Merklin & Cie, Paris & Lyon, in the late 19th century for St Joseph's Convent.
  When the Religious Order was disbanded by government decree, the organ was shipped to Melbourne and erected in the Chapel by Fincham & Son in 1905. Apart from the addition of electric blowing, the organ appears to remain totally intact and is thus a rare example of French romantic organ building. The console is reversed, with terraced stop-jambs and foot-operated couplers, and the Gothic case has been grained in an oak finish."
  
  Local Historical Themes
  
  Brynmawr, Sacred Heart Convent & Organ - Local Historical Themes
  
  3.3.2 Crown land sales 1854-1879
  
  9.4 Catholic Schools
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Stonnington - City of Stonnington Heritage Overlay Report (Stages 1-5) 1998
  
  Author: Bryce Raworth P/L
  Year: 1998
  Grading: Various - A1
  
  Stonnington - Malvern City Urban Character Study Appendix B Preliminary Heritage Assessment
  
  Author: Graeme Butler and Architectural Historian Laceworks Landscape Collaborative
  Year: 1989
  Grading:
  
  Stonnington - References to National Trust of Australia (Vic) Register
  
  Author: National Trust of Australia
  Year: 1900
  Grading:
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  Victorian Heritage Register H0379
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  Victorian Heritage Register H0908
- HAROLD HOLT MEMORIAL SWIMMING CENTRE
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H0069