Deolee [Item 36]

Item details


Name of item:	Deolee [Item 36]
Type of item:	Built
Group/Collection:	Residential buildings (private)
Category:	House
Primary address:	290 Burwood Road, Burwood, NSW 2134
Parish:	Concord
County:	Cumberland
Local govt. area:	Burwood

All addresses

Street Address	Suburb/town	LGA	Parish	County	Type
290 Burwood Road	Burwood	Burwood	Concord	Cumberland	Primary Address

Statement of significance:


	No. 290 Burwood Road, Burwood has historic and aesthetic significance as a very good intact example of a two storeyed c. 1889 house designed in the Federation Queen Anne style. The building significantly retains its overall scale, form, character and detailing including face brickwork , twin gable ends with vents, a single storeyed verandah supported on turned timber posts and brackets, timber panelled doors with sidelight and highlight panels, tall timber frame double hung windows with highlights over on a stone sill and brick banding on the first floor level.
	Date significance updated: 25 Jun 14
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Description


Construction years:	1891-1891
Physical description:	"Deolee" is a two storey c.1889 Federation style house with Colonial Indian influences, with a terracotta tiled hipped and gabled roof with tall brick chimneys. The front facade is constructed of face brickwork and has twin gable ends with vents and a single storey verandah that wraps around the side. The ground floor tiled verandah has a sandstone edge, turned timber posts and timber brackets supporting a terracotta tiled pitched roof. Ground floor doors are timber panelled with sidelight and highlight panels. Windows are tall timber frame double hung with highlights over on a stone sill. The first floor features brick banding above the verandah roof level and at sill height as well. Windows are timber frame double hung with highlights over on a stone sill. The first floor front windows have a slate hood over and the side elevation windows have canvas awnings. The building is set in a large mature garden with plants relating to the period of the building. Modifications Some of the ground floor pair of French doors has the top half converted to a window.

History

Historical notes:

The first land grants in the Burwood district included those to Thomas Rowley in 1799 and William Faithful in 1808. In 1812, Rowley’s ‘Burwood Farm’ was bought by Alexander Riley, who built the first house in the district, ‘Burwood Villa’ in 1814.

Early activity in the area included farming activities, collection of timber and the development of service industries along Parramatta and Liverpool Roads. A railway was constructed in 1855 to link Sydney and Parramatta, with Burwood being one of the six stops. It became a passenger service for the wealthy city businessmen who lived in villa estates. A village subdivision was laid out around the railway line in 1854 and the area remained relatively open. Through to the 1880’s, a number of gentleman’s estates were established in and around Burwood.

By c.1895 the villa estates had largely been subdivided. Burwood remained an attractive railway suburb of gentlemen’s residences and during the following two decades its character as a garden suburb developed as there was limited industrial development in the area, but there was a variety of service industries as well as some modest homes.

In Australia the Federation Queen Anne architecture exhibits qualities that are similar from English models from which it drew inspiration. Buildings in this style are domestic in scale and use traditional vernacular motifs to achieve informality of planning, massing, fenestration and landscaping. The verandah was exported to the British colonies and Australia, after gaining popularity in India during the Victorian era. In Federation architecture the verandah is an important element.

Frederick Thomas Hutchinson, constructed his home on this site in c. 1889. The house was called “Deolee” and is reputedly named after a place in Delhi, India. The name was possibly conceived following Hutchinson’s marriage to Anana Bayley in Bengal, India in c.1880.

Dr Walter Hull, a Sydney surgeon purchased Deolee in c.1925 and it remains in the ownership of the family today.

Historic themes

Australian theme (abbrev)	New South Wales theme	Local theme
4. Settlement-Building settlements, towns and cities	Accommodation-Activities associated with the provision of accommodation, and particular types of accommodation – does not include architectural styles – use the theme of Creative Endeavour for such activities.	Garden Suburbs-

Assessment of significance


SHR Criteria a) [Historical significance]	The site and building are of local historical significance as part of an early subdivision and Federation period of development in the local area constructed in the c.1889.
SHR Criteria c) [Aesthetic significance]	The building is of local aesthetic significance as a very good intact example of a two storey c. 1889 house designed in the Federation Queen Anne style. The building retains its original form, character and detailing including face brickwork, twin gable ends with vents, a single storeyed verandah supported on turned timber posts and brackets, timber panelled doors with sidelight and highlight panels, tall timber frame double hung windows with highlights over on a stone sill and brick banding on the first floor level.
SHR Criteria g) [Representativeness]	The building is a very good representative example of a two storey Federation Queen Anne style house that was constructed in c. 1889.
Assessment criteria:	Items are assessed against the State Heritage Register (SHR) Criteria to determine the level of significance. Refer to the Listings below for the level of statutory protection.

Recommended management:

[a] Architectural detailing and decorative elements of the building should be conserved. [b] The form, scale and character of the building, together with its curtilage and streetscape presentation should be maintained. [c] No new openings i.e. windows and doors should be made to the front facade of the building. [d] Any future additions should be generally confined to the rear of the building and should be subordinate to the principal building form. [e] Architectural details and decorative elements which have been damaged or lost should be repaired and/or reinstated (based on sound evidence/research). [f] The major garden elements should be retained including significant trees or specimen plantings, retaining walls, stairs etc. [g] The garden setting of the front yard and generous side setbacks should be retained.

Listings

Heritage Listing	Listing Title	Listing Number	Gazette Date	Gazette Number	Gazette Page
Local Environmental Plan	Deolee	0019	21 Jul 89	84	4570
Local Environmental Plan	Burwood Local Environmental Plan 2012	I36	09 Nov 12
Heritage study

Study details

Title	Year	Number	Author	Inspected by	Guidelines used
Burwood Heritage study	1986	3.19	Fox & Associates Architects/Planners Sydney		No

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Data source


The information for this entry comes from the following source:
Name:	Local Government
Database number:	1250256

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