Saxam Homestead

108-130 Diamond Creek Road ST HELENA, BANYULE CITY

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Saxam Homestead

Statement of Significance

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  • Physical Description 1

    Saxam Homestead - Physical Description 1

    Saxam Homestead is currently located within the grounds of Churinga, a day centre for intellectually disabled adults run by St John of God. Churinga, on 8.6 ha of land, has been variously described as being located in Greensborough and St Helena.

    It is a single storey weatherboard building with a corrugated iron hipped roof, with ashlar pattern cladding on the front facade. Side walls are clad with timber weatherboards. Original elements include the main entry door as well as doors to the rear, the bay window to the front facade and the double hung windows to the side facades, the front wall ashlar cladding, the timber weatherboards, round section downpipes, quad gutters, eaves details, the verandah and posts details to the rear, the upper wall vents and the hip roof form. The semi-octagonal bays with double-hung sash windows are also original. They flank the original entrance door, which has glazed sidelights and highlights.

    Some intrusive elements apparently dating from the 1950s/60s include the steel post verandah form at the front of the building, the concrete verandah floor, the replacement of the roof cladding (originally this would have been slate), extensive internal changes and changes to the rear elevation including the enclosed areas to the side of the existing verandah. Other changes may have included the removal of original chimneys and internal joinery although this cannot be fully confirmed without photographic evidence or further physical investigation.

    The building has a degree of substance to its scale and detailing, particularly in its breadth and the scale of the bay windows to either side, that enable it to stand out from typical suburban timber houses of its period and that lend it a notable homestead quality[1].

    Internally the building has been substantially altered and is in very poor condition.

    [1] Bryce Raworth advice, 12 February 2014

    Local Historical Themes

    Saxam Homestead - Local Historical Themes

    Rural Development

    Integrity

    Saxam Homestead - Integrity

    High in the context of the Historical and Cultural Significance.

    Low in the context of its built form and level of works required to restore the building.

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Banyule - Banyule Heritage Study

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

    Banyule - Saxam Homestead - Heritage Assessment

    Author: Nadia Gasparetto Conservation/Heritage Architect
    Year: 2011
    Grading: Local

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