Curraweena, House

Item details


Name of item:	Curraweena, House
Other name/s:	House
Type of item:	Built
Primary address:	6 Buena Vista Avenue, Mosman, NSW 2088
Parish:	Willoughby
County:	Cumberland
Local govt. area:	Mosman

Boundary:

Property boundary

All addresses

Street Address	Suburb/town	LGA	Parish	County	Type
6 Buena Vista Avenue	Mosman	Mosman	Willoughby	Cumberland	Primary Address

Statement of significance:


	A pleasing house of comparatively simple design, in a spacious setting.
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Description


Designer/Maker:	Not known
Builder/Maker:	Smith & Cabban
Physical description:	Federation Queen Anne. A brick residence, a storey and a half high and symmetrically designed. It is basically rectangular in plan shape and set well back from the street, with a tennis court in front. Its design consists of a prominent medium-pitched gable with the ridge parallel to the street, and a central gabled bay projecting forwards and having a semicircular and tuscan-columned verandah at ground floor level with an open balcony above. There are flanking windows with bracketted hoods. The roof is fairly steeply pitched and covered in terra cotta tiles.
Modifications and dates:	Sympathetic Minor Alteration.

History


Historical notes:	Not Researched

Assessment of significance


SHR Criteria g) [Representativeness]	This item is aesthetically representative locally. This item is historically representative locally.
Integrity/Intactness:	Intact
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
Local Environmental Plan	Curraweena, House		09 Dec 11	41
Local Environmental Plan - Lapsed		G&M
Heritage study

Study details

Title	Year	Number	Author	Inspected by	Guidelines used
Pittwater Road Review	2001		Kim Ketelby		Yes
	0	088		RI/CP	No

References, internet links & images

None

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Data source


The information for this entry comes from the following source:
Name:	Local Government
Database number:	2060088
File number:	088

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