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TORYBURN
50 Darebin Street HEIDELBERG, Banyule City

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Toryburn
Toryburn
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Statement of Significance

Substantially intact, Toryburn is a distinctive example of the Federation style, popular in Heidelberg and Ivanhoe in the early twentieth century. The house was the home of locally important resident John May, a national authority on lawn bowls.
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    • Physical Description 2

      TORYBURN - Physical Description 2

      Property Description - Part CA 19, 2/12 Warringal Village. Resubdivision as Kintbury Estate. Grantee HJ Chambers

      Usage/Former Usage

      TORYBURN - Usage/Former Usage

      Original Use: Residence

      Current Use: Residences (Units?)

      Physical Description 1

      TORYBURN - Physical Description 1

      Toryburn is an asymmetrical Federation style house, of red brick construction with a rock-faced bluestone plinth and gabled terracotta tiled roof with terracotta finials. The upper walls are roughcast rendered, and windows are casements with leadlighted highlights. The entrance porch is approached by a return flight of bluestone steps, and has turned timber balustrading, and onion-arched slatted timber frieze. Chimneys are red brick with rendered panels and rendered moulded cappings. The corner fernery, on the north-east of the site with its sunburst gable slatting, appears to be original. The front fence has been replaced.

      Physical Conditions

      TORYBURN - Physical Conditions

      Good

      Intactness

      TORYBURN - Intactness

      Good

      Historical Australian Themes

      TORYBURN - Historical Australian Themes

      Toryburn is one of the larger Queen Anne style houses in Heidelberg; one of the many early 20th century buildings in the City of Banyule. It was the home of John May, continuing Banyule's role as a centre for art and literature.

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Banyule - Banyule Heritage Study

      Author: Allum Lovell & Associates
      Year: 1999
      Grading: B

      Banyule - Heidelberg Conservation Study

      Author: Graeme Butler and Associates
      Year: 1985
      Grading:

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