Local Government
Bayswater
Region
Metropolitan
115 Beechboro Rd South Bayswater
Bayswater
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1920
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Local Heritage Survey | Adopted | 25 Feb 2020 | Classification 4 | |
Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 24 Feb 1998 | Classification 4 |
This place is an example of an early building in the area and is representative of development north of the railway line within Bayswater. The place has historic value for its association with the Melsom family, in particular Nurse Melsom, a prominent local midwife.
Large brick building with corrugated metal hip roof set in extensive grounds and surrounded by large trees. Original wide verandahs all round the house have been subsumed into the body of the present house during extensive remodelling in recent times. These have all been replaced with brick walls and large plate glass windows.
This was the house built by George Melsom, poultry farmer, just after the Great War. Its main association is with Nurse Melsom, a renowned local midwife who began her Brenthill Hospital on the site in c.1926. Previously she had attended births at private residences.
Integrity - Low Authenticity - Low
Good
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8 | Local Heritage Survey |
Individual Building or Group
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Present Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
Original Use | RESIDENTIAL | Single storey residence |
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Wall | BRICK | Common Brick |
Roof | METAL | Corrugated Iron |
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DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
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