Tooradin Estate House

300 Lynes Road,TOORADIN, Casey City

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Statement of Significance

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  • Physical Description 1

    Tooradin Estate House - Physical Description 1

    The verandahed house is built in two thicknesses of brick, set on stone footings. It also has two slated hipped roof forms: one the typical late Victorian era M-hip and the other a high hipped form which may indicate the earlier house absorbed by the 1890's work. This earlier at rear. (16) To one side of this service wing is a series of verandahed timber rooms, known as the staff quarters. The verandah stands on cast iron columns, now stripped of their friezes, and the roof is in a bullnose form, which is common among Edwardian era or late 19th century houses. The verandah floor is tiled and the coping is stone.
    
    The interior has typically solid plastered walls and lathed plaster ceilings, with richly moulded cornices and ceiling details. The dining room in particular has rich plaster detailing to the ceiling and some furnishings from earlier owners (eg. table, dresser, and hallstand). Mantles throughout the main rooms are of turned timber and ornate design, which suggests the Edwardian era. The T-shaped hall is unusual and the coupled columns under the arch are distinctive, resembling those in 'Isles View' (Refer to separate citation in this Study). The bathroom has an early freestanding bath with metal shower screen, porcelain lavatory basin and plated tapware (Louis Anderson & Co.). As with 'Isles View', all interior doors onto the passage have toplights.
    
    The iron kitchen stove was made by D. & W. Chandler of Melbourne (no. 8A) and the service rooms include a servant dining room.
    
    The stable (since converted) is roofed with 'Lysaght Orb galvanised timber' corrugated iron over heavy (Oregon?) trusses.
    
    CHANGES
    The rear verandah has been enclosed in the Edwardian era, with leadlight glazed screens and a panelled plaster ceiling, and the polished timber (blackwood?) fireplace in the adjoining sitting room appears to be from the 1920s-30's. The sitting room has encaustic floor tiling, which indicates that the house had the typical courtyard at the rear, with the kitchen and servants' rooms opening off an open verandah.
    
    The drive reputedly came via the present row of conifers (Monterey cypress) which line the house yard at the side and front, arriving at the side door first, perhaps to alight from a carriage.
    
    The brick exterior was painted pale blue when the present owner purchased the house and remained painted until at least 1975 but has been removed fairly successfully only recently using baking powder and water (17). Some efflorescence or paint residue is still visible.

    Physical Conditions

    Tooradin Estate House - Physical Conditions

    Good

    Historical Australian Themes

    Tooradin Estate House - Historical Australian Themes

    Developing primary production

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Casey - Casey Heritage Study

    Author: Context Pty Ltd
    Year: 2004
    Grading:

    Casey - Heritage of the City of Casey: Historic Sites in the former Cranbourne Shire

    Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
    Year: 1994
    Grading:

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