724 Doncaster Road DONCASTER, Manningham City
22388 House. Municipality: MANNINGHAM CITY. Level of significance: Included in Heritage Overlay. Heritage Overlay Numbers HO215
The Edwardian timber house, constructed by 1910 for William Thomas, at 724 Doncaster Road, Doncaster.
The house at 724 Doncaster Road, Doncaster is of local historic and aesthetic significance to Manningham City.
Why is it Significant?
The house at 724 Doncaster Road, Doncaster is of historic significance as a now rare example of a house in Doncaster Road that illustrates the early suburban development of this area in the first decades of the twentieth century. It is also significant for the strong association with William Thomas, Shire Secretary, for whom it was built. (RNE criteria A.4, B.2, D.2 and H.1)
The house at 724 Doncaster Road, Doncaster is of aesthetic significance as a representative and largely intact example of an Edwardian timber house. (RNE criterion E.1)
Study/Consultant: Manningham - Manningham Heritage Study Review, Context Pty Ltd, 2006; Hermes Number 22388. Historical Australian Themes. 7.04 - Edwardian houses
Condition :Fair. Integrity Minor modifications. Threats: Lack of maintenance
Associations: William Thomas
The house at 724 Doncaster Road is a weatherboard, double-fronted, hip-roofed, timber Edwardian house. The roof is clad in corrugated galvanised iron. The left-hand bay projects as a gable with roughcast at its peak, which jetties out. The gable also has a rectangular skillion roofed bay window. The upper gable and dado have bands of decoratively scalloped weatherboards.
The verandah wraps around the angle, under the main roof, with timber fretwork brackets and straight and curved valance rail on the facade (but is missing on the side). The bargeboard capping is also missing on the left side of the projecting gable. The house is externally quite intact, and is in fair condition.
This place/object may be included in the Victorian Heritage Register pursuant to the Heritage Act 2017. Check the Victorian Heritage Database, selecting 'Heritage Victoria' as the place source.
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Source: Victorian Heritage Database Report Report generated 17/01/23 https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/22388 https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/22388/download-report
House, 724 Doncaster Road, Doncaster (213.19)
Built in the early 1900s, this is a triple¬ fronted, hip-roofed, timber Edwardian house. The left-hand bay and right-hand side rear wing project as gables. The upper gable is roughcast timbered and jetties. In the left is a rectangular skillion roofed bay window. The upper gable and dado have bands of decoratively scalloped weatherboards. The verandah is around the angle, under the main roof with timber fretwork brackets and straight and curved valance rail. Of Local interest.
Source: City of Doncaster and Templestowe Heritage Study (Context Pty Ltd, Peterson R & Stafford B, 1991) Published online with permission of Manningham Council (May2020)
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