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ALLOARMO
5 GRATTAN STREET HAWTHORN, BOROONDARA CITY

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ALLOARMO SOHE 2008

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alloarmo grattan st hawthorn front gables she project 2003

alloarmo grattan st hawthorn bay window she project 2003

alloarmo grattan st hawthorn rear view she project 2003

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?

Construction of the house now known as Alloarmo commenced in c.1856. Another two sections were added in c.1895 and again in the 1930s or 1940s. The original section was built in brick, with an attic and cellar, and was constructed in the Simple Gothic Revival style with a steeply pitched slate roof and decorated bargeboards. Brick extensions were undertaken in the mid-1890s in the Picturesque Gothic Revival style and included a series of interlocking gables and mansard roofs with a gabled porch, the latter incorporating cast iron in a Gothic tracery design. The twentieth century alterations included substantial changes to the interior as well as to the attic and rear verandah.

How is it significant?

Alloarmo is of historic and architectural significance to the State of Victoria.

Why is it significant?

Alloarmo is historically important because of its association with the growth of urbanisation in Victoria. The original construction of the house in the 1850s is associated with the subdivision and creation of the village of Hawthorn after the construction of a timber bridge over the Yarra in 1851. Later nineteenth century additions to the house are important because associated with the suburbanisation of Hawthorn and increased demographic growth in the area following the extension of the railway in 1861. Alloarmo is able to illustrate trends in architectural fashion in Victoria and to illustrate the emergence of a middle class willing to demonstrate their prosperity through the design of their homes. The house exhibits two Gothic Revival architectural styles in its design, and therefore is important for its ability to demonstrate diversity through the integration of design features.

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  ALLOARMO - History
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  Permit Exemptions
  
  ALLOARMO - Permit Exemptions
  
  General Exemptions:
  General exemptions apply to all places and objects included in the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR). General exemptions have been designed to allow everyday activities, maintenance and changes to your property, which don’t harm its cultural heritage significance, to proceed without the need to obtain approvals under the Heritage Act 2017.
  Places of worship: In some circumstances, you can alter a place of worship to accommodate religious practices without a permit, but you must notify the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria before you start the works or activities at least 20 business days before the works or activities are to commence.
  Subdivision/consolidation: Permit exemptions exist for some subdivisions and consolidations. If the subdivision or consolidation is in accordance with a planning permit granted under Part 4 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and the application for the planning permit was referred to the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria as a determining referral authority, a permit is not required.
  Specific exemptions may also apply to your registered place or object. If applicable, these are listed below. Specific exemptions are tailored to the conservation and management needs of an individual registered place or object and set out works and activities that are exempt from the requirements of a permit. Specific exemptions prevail if they conflict with general exemptions.
  
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- FORMER INVERGOWRIE LODGE
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H0517
- FORMER BRIDGE HOTEL
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H0449
- INVERGOWRIE
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H0195

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Record Details

Place ID
577
Location
5 GRATTAN STREET HAWTHORN, BOROONDARA CITY
Municipality
BOROONDARA CITY
Heritage Listing
Victorian Heritage Register
Level of significance
Registered
Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number
H0552

Heritage Overlay Numbers
HO52
Extent of Registration

AMENDMENT OF REGISTER OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS
Historic Building No. 552 "Alloarmo", 5 Grattan Street, Hawthorn (to the extent of the buildings and part of the land entered in the Register Book as Volume 2183 Folio 560 and described on the map held by the Department of Planning).
[Victoria Government Gazette No. 55 22 June 1983 p.1736]
Year Construction Started
1856
VHR Registration
June 22, 1983
Heritage Act Categories
Registered place
Category

Residential buildings (private)