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CHAUMONT
49 HELLER STREET,, BRUNSWICK WEST VIC 3055 - Property No 7033

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Statement of Significance

Chaumont is of local historical and architectural Significance. It is a unusual and exceptionally well-detailed example of an intact attic-style bungalow. It was built by builder Harold Ewen as his own residence, and occupied by the Ewen family for more than fifty years.
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    • Physical Description 1

      CHAUMONT - Physical Description 1

      Chaumont is a two storey brick attic-style bungalow. The walls at ground floor level are face clinker brick, whilst the first floor is rendered; the two are separated by a simple clinker brick string course. The front entrance is via an arched porch with brick piers and base walls. To the east of the entrance is a bay of tripartite timber-framed double-hung windows with diamond pane upper sashes. A pair of similar windows sits under the porch. The front doorway has an ornate timber-framed screen door which appears to be original. The first floor facade is symmetrical, with a centrally-placed bracketed protruding gabled bay with a tapered shingled base and bracketed shingled gable-end. Within this bay are three six-paned timber-framed windows with bracketed corners. The exposed windows have bifold louvred shutters. The main roof is hipped, with another bracketed gable to the south. All eaves have exposed rafter-ends, and the gables have timber brackets and terracotta finials. The house has a clinker brick chimney. Along the south wall is a series of small windows with brick sills immediately below the eaves. The name of the house, chaumont, appears in render on the front elevation.

      A new front picket fence was built c.1990.

      Key Architectural Elements: unusual two storey bungalow composition
      clinker brick lower walls; unpainted rendered upper walls-- shingled and bracketed first floor bay
      original timber front screen door
      Chaumont in render on front elevation

      Conservation Guidelines: replace first floor windows at front with windows to match those at ground floor
      remove unsympathetic front fence

      Principal Historic Themes: early 20th century suburban development

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Moreland - City of Moreland Heritage Review

      Author: Allen Lovell and Associates
      Year: 1999
      Grading: Local

      Moreland - Keeping Brunswick's heritage: A Report on the Review of the Brunswick Conservation Study

      Author: Context Pty Ltd
      Year: 1990
      Grading:

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