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4 Wahroonga Crescent
4 Wahroonga Crescent MURRUMBEENA, Glen Eira City

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4 Wahroonga Crescent Murrumbeena, August 2000
4 Wahroonga Crescent Murrumbeena, August 2000
4 Wahroonga Crescent Murrumbeena, August 2000
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Statement of Significance

The house at no.4 Wahroonga Crescent, Murrumbeena, is historically important in that it recalls the presence of the Boyd family of artists in this street from around the time of the First World War until well into the post Second World War era. Owned and occupied by Arthur Merrie and Emma Minnie Boyd, noted Australian water colourists, their son, Arthur Merrie the well known potter and sculptor, lived with his wife Dorris at no. 8, now demolished. Together they established this area as a centre of artistic endeavour, comparable with the Box Hill and later Heidelberg schools. The house at no.4 is the only remaining evidence of their occupation.
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    • Physical Description 1

      4 Wahroonga Crescent - Physical Description 1

      A comparatively large Bungalow with dominant terra cotta tiled roof extending to form a shady verandah along the street elevation having canted roughcast piers on brick bases with connecting dwarf walls. There is a projecting wing with timber shingled gable end and rectangular window bay, the west wing consisting of a hip roofed double garage with original glazed sliding doors.

      Physical Description 2

      4 Wahroonga Crescent - Physical Description 2

      Condition: sound

      Physical Description 3

      4 Wahroonga Crescent - Physical Description 3

      Integrity: high

      Historical Australian Themes

      4 Wahroonga Crescent - Historical Australian Themes

      Murrumbeena: the Boyd family

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Glen Eira - City of Glen Eira Heritage Management Plan

      Author: Andrew Ward, Architectural Historian
      Year: 1996
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