The Federation Heritage of Moonee Ponds, Victoria
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Most of these houses are found in the photostream of raaen99 for which I am very grateful indeed.
Most of these houses are found in the photostream of raaen99 for which I am very grateful indeed.
Moonee Ponds, the lifestyle!
"Every street is beautiful, more private and great state schools than you could want. Parks, parks and Queens park. Also very quiet with great neighbors and beautiful gardens."[1]
"Every street is beautiful, more private and great state schools than you could want. Parks, parks and Queens park. Also very quiet with great neighbors and beautiful gardens."[1]
Queens Park, Moonee Ponds
Address: Cnr Mt Alexander Road and Kellaway Avenue, Moonee Ponds
Melways ref: 28J6
Queens Park is a small retreat from nearby busy streets. It is a popular park with a rose garden and a sunken garden. View the Queens Park Heritage Trail brochure (pdf, 3.6MB) and learn more about the area as you explore.[2]
Park Street
Drawcard: Park Street residents are drawn by its proximity to Puckle Street. Photo: Wayne Taylor
Park Street ticks all the boxes: the location of one of Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School's campuses; one grand heritage home after another; old leafy trees and well-maintained nature strips; long sweeping driveways and a position high on the hill.
It may sound like a street in one of a number of the wealthy eastern suburbs but Park Street is proof that old-style wealth and privilege can also be found in the west.
- "It's always been the blue ribbon trophy street," says John Morello, director of Thompson Real Estate in Flemington and a lifetime Moonee Ponds resident.[3]
Park Street, as the name would suggest, is in close proximity to two parks: the Australian bush-style Clarinda Park at the lower end, and its bigger, more ostentatious sister Queens Park at the other end, across Mount Alexander Road (so not truly on Park Street).
- Queens Park is a lovely community asset, with an outdoor heated pool, fountain, lake, gazebos and cafe, and its proximity to Park Street makes the area very desirable."A lot of people like the address of Park Street," Ms Rendina says. "It's in the zone for popular schools."
- In fact, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School has a campus on Park Street.It is tree-lined, and it's here that you'll spot tennis courts adjoining period homes.Andrew Wilson of Australian Property Monitors says Moonee Ponds offers "well-established residential amenities, facilities and infrastructure – particularly transport, all in close proximity to the CBD".
- According to APM, the suburb recorded a "solid rise in buyer activity last year, with the median house price increasing by 10.6 per cent to $757,500". But buyers will be looking in the millions for properties on Park Street or Ardmillan Road.[4]
Address: Cnr Mt Alexander Road and Kellaway Avenue, Moonee Ponds
Melways ref: 28J6
Queens Park is a small retreat from nearby busy streets. It is a popular park with a rose garden and a sunken garden. View the Queens Park Heritage Trail brochure (pdf, 3.6MB) and learn more about the area as you explore.[2]
Park Street
Drawcard: Park Street residents are drawn by its proximity to Puckle Street. Photo: Wayne Taylor
Park Street ticks all the boxes: the location of one of Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School's campuses; one grand heritage home after another; old leafy trees and well-maintained nature strips; long sweeping driveways and a position high on the hill.
Park Street, as the name would suggest, is in close proximity to two parks: the Australian bush-style Clarinda Park at the lower end, and its bigger, more ostentatious sister Queens Park at the other end, across Mount Alexander Road (so not truly on Park Street).
Melways ref: 28J6
Queens Park is a small retreat from nearby busy streets. It is a popular park with a rose garden and a sunken garden. View the Queens Park Heritage Trail brochure (pdf, 3.6MB) and learn more about the area as you explore.[2]
Park Street
Drawcard: Park Street residents are drawn by its proximity to Puckle Street. Photo: Wayne Taylor
Park Street ticks all the boxes: the location of one of Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School's campuses; one grand heritage home after another; old leafy trees and well-maintained nature strips; long sweeping driveways and a position high on the hill.
It may sound like a street in one of a number of the wealthy eastern suburbs but Park Street is proof that old-style wealth and privilege can also be found in the west.- "It's always been the blue ribbon trophy street," says John Morello, director of Thompson Real Estate in Flemington and a lifetime Moonee Ponds resident.[3]
Park Street, as the name would suggest, is in close proximity to two parks: the Australian bush-style Clarinda Park at the lower end, and its bigger, more ostentatious sister Queens Park at the other end, across Mount Alexander Road (so not truly on Park Street).
- Queens Park is a lovely community asset, with an outdoor heated pool, fountain, lake, gazebos and cafe, and its proximity to Park Street makes the area very desirable."A lot of people like the address of Park Street," Ms Rendina says. "It's in the zone for popular schools."
- In fact, Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School has a campus on Park Street.It is tree-lined, and it's here that you'll spot tennis courts adjoining period homes.Andrew Wilson of Australian Property Monitors says Moonee Ponds offers "well-established residential amenities, facilities and infrastructure – particularly transport, all in close proximity to the CBD".
- According to APM, the suburb recorded a "solid rise in buyer activity last year, with the median house price increasing by 10.6 per cent to $757,500". But buyers will be looking in the millions for properties on Park Street or Ardmillan Road.[4]
Beautiful Ardmillan Road - best street?
This street is considered to be the most prestigious and aspirational streets in the Moonee Ponds/Essendon area!
- Beginning a short distance from Moonee Ponds Station, Ardmillan Road is a hilly street, peaking near the train line. It was voted "Most Attractive Street" a few decades ago by the City of Essendon (now Moonee Valley City Council), and hasn't lost any of its appeal.
- It's a mix of large period homes that are popular with families, and well-looked-after 1970s unit blocks. There's the occasional sprawling '60s abode thrown in.
- Its skyline features a smattering of tall palm trees, which compete with the occasional fancy turret.
Federation Bungalow at 7 Ardmillan Road, Moonee Ponds.
Dame Edna Everage is always named as Moonee Ponds' most famous resident but the wealthy riverside suburb is awash with the familiar and famous, particularly footballers and politicians, who are often spied in Puckle Street.
- And, perhaps less happily, Moonee Ponds has been home to the odd gangster and family, including Judy Moran and her late son Jason, who was gunned down at a local Auskick match after leaving his Moonee Ponds home.
- The combination of large period housing, a high-end shopping strip and the palm-lined Maribyrnong River makes Moonee Ponds one of the inner west's most sought-after addresses.
Federation (Edwardian) villa at 46 Vine Street, Moonee Ponds.
- A large suburb, Moonee Ponds has CityLink on one boundary and is divided by the Craigieburn train line and Mount Alexander Road that, where it intersects with Puckle Street and Ascot Vale Road, creates a huge intersection that is a landmark in the area.
This street is considered to be the most prestigious and aspirational streets in the Moonee Ponds/Essendon area!
Federation Bungalow at 7 Ardmillan Road, Moonee Ponds.
Dame Edna Everage is always named as Moonee Ponds' most famous resident but the wealthy riverside suburb is awash with the familiar and famous, particularly footballers and politicians, who are often spied in Puckle Street.
- Beginning a short distance from Moonee Ponds Station, Ardmillan Road is a hilly street, peaking near the train line. It was voted "Most Attractive Street" a few decades ago by the City of Essendon (now Moonee Valley City Council), and hasn't lost any of its appeal.
- It's a mix of large period homes that are popular with families, and well-looked-after 1970s unit blocks. There's the occasional sprawling '60s abode thrown in.
- Its skyline features a smattering of tall palm trees, which compete with the occasional fancy turret.
Federation Bungalow at 7 Ardmillan Road, Moonee Ponds.
Dame Edna Everage is always named as Moonee Ponds' most famous resident but the wealthy riverside suburb is awash with the familiar and famous, particularly footballers and politicians, who are often spied in Puckle Street.
- And, perhaps less happily, Moonee Ponds has been home to the odd gangster and family, including Judy Moran and her late son Jason, who was gunned down at a local Auskick match after leaving his Moonee Ponds home.
- The combination of large period housing, a high-end shopping strip and the palm-lined Maribyrnong River makes Moonee Ponds one of the inner west's most sought-after addresses.
- A large suburb, Moonee Ponds has CityLink on one boundary and is divided by the Craigieburn train line and Mount Alexander Road that, where it intersects with Puckle Street and Ascot Vale Road, creates a huge intersection that is a landmark in the area.
Hiding amid an artistically overgrown garden of well established fir trees and various species of connifers, this large Arts and Crafts villa may be found in the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds.
- Built between Federation (1901) and the Great War (1914), the shingled decoration on the outstanding upper gable is very Arts and Crafts inspired as are the horizontal stripes that make up the stripped back decoration on the rough cast stuccoed piers of the verandah.
- Interestingly, this villa features a decorative awning over the upper floor window made of pressed metal in a "fish scale" pattern, which was made very popular by the worldwide craze for all things Japanese in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries.
Hiding amid an artistically overgrown garden of well established fir trees and various species of connifers, this large Arts and Crafts villa may be found in the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds.
- Built between Federation (1901) and the Great War (1914), the shingled decoration on the outstanding upper gable is very Arts and Crafts inspired as are the horizontal stripes that make up the stripped back decoration on the rough cast stuccoed piers of the verandah.
- Interestingly, this villa features a decorative awning over the upper floor window made of pressed metal in a "fish scale" pattern, which was made very popular by the worldwide craze for all things Japanese in the late Nineteenth and early Twentieth Centuries.
by raaen99
Set well back from the road, this beautiful Art Nouveau mansion of grand proportions is situated in the finest section of the inner northern Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds.
Built in the years immediately following Australian Federation (1901), the choice of style is very bold.
Set well back from the road, this beautiful Art Nouveau mansion of grand proportions is situated in the finest section of the inner northern Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds.
Built in the years immediately following Australian Federation (1901), the choice of style is very bold.
Built in the years immediately following Australian Federation (1901), the choice of style is very bold.
by raaen99
Set amid a well established and well maintained garden, "Braeside" is a large, sprawling Queen Anne style villa is situated in the inner northern Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds.
Standing proudly behind a high fence, this large Federation Queen Anne style mansion with any number of gables is situated in the inner northern Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds.
Set amid a well established and well maintained garden, "Braeside" is a large, sprawling Federation Queen Anne style villa is situated in the inner northern Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds.
Built around the turn of the Twentieth Century, this is an excellent example of the Federation Queen Anne style so popular in Australia just after Federation in 1901.
A Weatherboard Federation Queen Anne Style Mansion in Moonee Pondsraaen99
A Federation Villa with an Arts and Crafts Facelift in Moonee Ponds
A Federation Queen Anne Style Villa in Moonee Ponds
A Large Federation Queen Anne Style Villa in Moonee Pondsraaen99
A Large Federation Queen Anne Style Villa - Moonee Pondsraaen99
A Large Federation Queen Anne Style Villa in Moonee Ponds
Set amid a well established and well maintained garden, "Braeside" is a large, sprawling Queen Anne style villa is situated in the inner northern Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds.
Standing proudly behind a high fence, this large Federation Queen Anne style mansion with any number of gables is situated in the inner northern Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds. | Set amid a well established and well maintained garden, "Braeside" is a large, sprawling Federation Queen Anne style villa is situated in the inner northern Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds. Built around the turn of the Twentieth Century, this is an excellent example of the Federation Queen Anne style so popular in Australia just after Federation in 1901. |
A Weatherboard Federation Queen Anne Style Mansion in Moonee Pondsraaen99 | A Federation Villa with an Arts and Crafts Facelift in Moonee Ponds |
A Federation Queen Anne Style Villa in Moonee Ponds | A Large Federation Queen Anne Style Villa in Moonee Pondsraaen99 |
A Large Federation Queen Anne Style Villa - Moonee Pondsraaen99 | A Large Federation Queen Anne Style Villa in Moonee Ponds |
by raaen99
Standing imperiously from its perch on the high side of a busy road, this large Federation Arts and Crafts villa may be found in the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds.
Queen Anne house on Holmes Street Moonee Ponds
Federation house at 810 Mt Alexander Road Moonee Ponds
Federation duplex on Holmes Road Moonee Ponds
Modern Federation terraces on Holmes Road Moonee Ponds
Standing imperiously from its perch on the high side of a busy road, this large Federation Arts and Crafts villa may be found in the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds.
Modern Federation terraces on Holmes Road Moonee Ponds
Queen Anne house on Holmes Street Moonee Ponds | |
Federation house at 810 Mt Alexander Road Moonee Ponds | Federation duplex on Holmes Road Moonee Ponds |
Modern Federation terraces on Holmes Road Moonee Ponds
Selected Results from the Victorian Heritage Database
INFANT BUILDING, MOONEE PONDS WEST PRIMARY SCHOOL No. 2901
132 EGLINTON STREET,MOONEEPONDS, MOONEEVALLEY
The Moonee Ponds West example is in the pavilion style, an Edwardian Federation design adopted by the Public Works Department for infant buildings constructed between 1907 and 1915.
Designed by Public Works architect George William Watson (1850-1915), the Moonee Ponds West infant building opened in June 1913
. The infant building at the Moonee Ponds West State School is architecturally and historically important as an intact, representative example of the pavilion style building which was designed for preparatory grade children during the Edwardian years. The interior is significant for retaining the original floor plan and layout of seven classrooms, cloak room, office and large central hall.
- The decorative elements of the hall interior are particularly noteworthy; the west, east and south elevations feature stained glass windows depicting rosellas, galahs, magpies and kookaburras, and the ceiling has a polished timber hammer beam roof studded with decorative, square-shaped ventilator openings.
- Of further historical interest is the large, polished timber honour board on the north wall commemorating past students who served in the Great War 1914-1919.
- The exterior is important for the same degree of intactness, as it retains all the Federation Edwardian elements of the building's pavilion design, notably the octagonal-plan domed ventilators which prominently feature in the decorative massing of the roofscape.
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Moonee Valley City
HO142
MOONEE PONDS WEST PRIMARY SCHOOL NO. 2901
150 ATHOL STREET, and 132 EGLINTON STREET, MOONEE PONDS, MOONEE VALLEY The Moonee Ponds West Primary School No.2901, comprising the original school to the extent of the 1889 fabric and the 1924-5 additions is significant. Designed in an asymmetrically composed restrained Queen Anne Gothic-Revival-style the 1889 school is typical of the schools designed by the Public Works Department as part of the Government school building program that followed the passing of the
Education Act 1872
The 1889 school is architecturally and aesthetically significant as an example of a late nineteenth century Department of Education school building.
- Although some of its original detailing has been removed, it retains much of its original character, particularly on the east elevation (originally the front of the school), which is notable for its tower, with a quatrefoil and a diagonal buttress at its base, pointed arched window and door openings, with some windows retaining their original timber tracery-effect.
- The 1924-5 additions, whilst generally sympathetic, demonstrate the development in school design, particularly the need for improved lighting to classrooms.
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Moonee Valley City
HO142
800-808 Mt Alexander Road Moonee Ponds
Federation Villas on Mt Alexander Road Moonee Ponds
Mt Alexander Road/The Strand Moonee Ponds800-816 MOUNT ALEXANDER ROAD, 1 THE STRAND, and 12 CRAWFORD STREET, MOONEE PONDS
INFANT BUILDING, MOONEE PONDS WEST PRIMARY SCHOOL No. 2901 132 EGLINTON STREET,MOONEEPONDS, MOONEEVALLEY The Moonee Ponds West example is in the pavilion style, an Edwardian Federation design adopted by the Public Works Department for infant buildings constructed between 1907 and 1915. Designed by Public Works architect George William Watson (1850-1915), the Moonee Ponds West infant building opened in June 1913 . | The infant building at the Moonee Ponds West State School is architecturally and historically important as an intact, representative example of the pavilion style building which was designed for preparatory grade children during the Edwardian years. The interior is significant for retaining the original floor plan and layout of seven classrooms, cloak room, office and large central hall.
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Moonee Valley City HO142 | ||
MOONEE PONDS WEST PRIMARY SCHOOL NO. 2901 150 ATHOL STREET, and 132 EGLINTON STREET, MOONEE PONDS, MOONEE VALLEY | The Moonee Ponds West Primary School No.2901, comprising the original school to the extent of the 1889 fabric and the 1924-5 additions is significant. Designed in an asymmetrically composed restrained Queen Anne Gothic-Revival-style the 1889 school is typical of the schools designed by the Public Works Department as part of the Government school building program that followed the passing of the Education Act 1872 The 1889 school is architecturally and aesthetically significant as an example of a late nineteenth century Department of Education school building.
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Moonee Valley City HO142 |
800-808 Mt Alexander Road Moonee Ponds |
Mt Alexander Road/The Strand Moonee Ponds800-816 MOUNT ALEXANDER ROAD, 1 THE STRAND, and 12 CRAWFORD STREET, MOONEE PONDS
by raaen99
This wonderful concoction of Art Nouveau fretwork terracotta finials, windows of stained glass and a tall chimneys appear on a grand Edwardian Federation villa on Moore Street in the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds.
This wonderful concoction of Art Nouveau fretwork terracotta finials, windows of stained glass and a tall chimneys appear on a grand Edwardian Federation villa on Moore Street in the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds.
by raaen99
This wonderful concoction of Art Nouveau fretwork terracotta finials, windows of stained glass and a tall chimneys appear on a grand Edwardian Federation villa on Moore Street in the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds.
- ^ http://www.homely.com.au/moonee-ponds-moonee-valley-melbourne-greater-victoria
- ^ http://www.mvcc.vic.gov.au/experience-moonee-valley/parks-and-playgrounds/main-parks/queens-park.aspx
- ^ http://theage.domain.com.au/real-estate-news/best-streets-moonee-ponds-20100803-113w2.html
- ^ http://news.domain.com.au/domain/real-estate-news/best-streets-moonee-ponds-20140215-32t85.html
This wonderful concoction of Art Nouveau fretwork terracotta finials, windows of stained glass and a tall chimneys appear on a grand Edwardian Federation villa on Moore Street in the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds.
- ^ http://www.homely.com.au/moonee-ponds-moonee-valley-melbourne-greater-victoria
- ^ http://www.mvcc.vic.gov.au/experience-moonee-valley/parks-and-playgrounds/main-parks/queens-park.aspx
- ^ http://theage.domain.com.au/real-estate-news/best-streets-moonee-ponds-20100803-113w2.html
- ^ http://news.domain.com.au/domain/real-estate-news/best-streets-moonee-ponds-20140215-32t85.html
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