Grandview

Item details


Name of item:	Grandview
Type of item:	Built
Group/Collection:	Residential buildings (private)
Category:	House
Primary address:	300 and 300A Marsden Road, Carlingford, NSW 2118
Local govt. area:	City of Parramatta

Property description

Lot/Volume Code	Lot/Volume Number	Section Number	Plan/Folio Code	Plan/Folio Number
			SP	50843
LOT	4		DP	815015

All addresses

Street Address	Suburb/town	LGA	Parish	County	Type
300 and 300A Marsden Road	Carlingford	City of Parramatta			Primary Address

Statement of significance:


	The Grandview property is of significance for the local area for historical and aesthetic reasons, and as representative of high quality residences of Victorian period in the area. The house is larger than most other houses of that age in the locality. It retains integrity of sufficient degree to interpret historic themes albeit the verandah has been replaced.
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Description


Construction years:	1889-
Physical description:	Two storey rendered late Victorian villa with hipped roof covered with corrugated iron. The house porch and balcony at front face Dalmar, while the rear has extensive views south across Parramatta River. Property grounds have remnants of mature garden. The front is dominated by verandah across the front to the faceted bay and returning to one side. The verandah has CI roof and its floor if of quarry tiles, while the original timber posts were replaced with concrete posts with metal railing. The house retains orignal decorative timber bargeboards and finial, and three rendered brick chimneys with cornices. Windows have corniced rendered brick sills with rectangular niches in each facet below. Front door has transom and sidelights above multi-paned glazed panels above lock rail and two timber panels below. Other exterior doors are with side lights flanking the door leafs (nine-paned glazed panels above lock rail and two timber panels below). Fence is of galvanised pipe with cyclone wire inserts and a wire mesh panel gate attached to pipe frame.
Physical condition and/or Archaeological potential:	National Trust (Parramatta Branch): Good.
Modifications and dates:	National Trust (Parramatta Branch) supplied Year Started.
Further information:	Higinbotham & Robinson, Ryde, 1893; C. T. 1084 f. 249

History


Historical notes:	Not shown on plan of the area of 1893. Apparently built for Thomas Buchanan c. 1893 who died shortly afterwards. Later owners included members of the Spurway family. National Trust (Parramatta Branch): Not shown on map of the area of 1893. Apparently built for Thomas Buchanan c.1893., who died shortly afterwards. Later owners included members of the Spurway family \| \|

Assessment of significance


SHR Criteria a) [Historical significance]	This item historically significant.
SHR Criteria c) [Aesthetic significance]	This item is aesthetically significant
SHR Criteria g) [Representativeness]	This item is representative.
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.

Listings

Heritage Listing	Listing Title	Listing Number	Gazette Date	Gazette Number	Gazette Page
Local Environmental Plan	Parramatta Local Environmental Plan 2011	I22	07 Oct 11

Study details

Title	Year	Number	Author	Inspected by	Guidelines used
City of Parramatta Heritage Study	1993	379	Meredith Walker		Yes
Parramatta Heritage Review	2004		National Trust (Parramatta Branch)		No

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Data source


The information for this entry comes from the following source:
Name:	Local Government
Database number:	2240379

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