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10 Elm Avenue
10 Elm Street ELSTERNWICK, Glen Eira City

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Glen Eira City

10 Elm Avenue Elsternwick, August 2000

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Statement of Significance
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Statement of Significance

''Repton'' at 10 Elm Avenue, Elsternwick is locally important as a surviving example of a grandiose Boom period villa residence in the area, recalling the process of closer settlement and the diversity of people attracted to the area at that time.

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- Physical Description 1
  
  10 Elm Avenue - Physical Description 1
  
  A substantial defaced late Victorian Gothic Revival influenced two storeyed villa with inter-war additions to the north facing facade and west elevations. A central projecting bay with entry porch is richly detailed in the Gothic manner with hood mould, single point segmental arched lower level lead lit window, foliated spandrels and upper level windows with muffled glass sashes, half timbered gable end and king post decoration in the Queen Anne style. The walls have been roughcast but retain their quoins, Gothic influenced architraves and bracketed cornices.
  
  Physical Description 2
  
  10 Elm Avenue - Physical Description 2
  
  Medium, substantial alterations reversible.
  
  Physical Description 3
  
  10 Elm Avenue - Physical Description 3
  
  Condition: sound
  
  Historical Australian Themes
  
  10 Elm Avenue - Historical Australian Themes
  
  Caulfield as a location for Melbourne's gentry.
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Glen Eira - City of Glen Eira Heritage Management Plan
  
  Author: Andrew Ward, Architectural Historian
  Year: 1996
  Grading:
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- FORMER ELSTERNWICK POST OFFICE
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H0640
- FORMER UNION CHURCH
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H0704
- FORMER ELSTERNWICK FIRE STATION
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H2376