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LOCATION
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Address 105 Hewitt Avenue TOORAK GARDENS
Locality
Accuracy H - high level confidence
Council Area Burnside Council
Polygon Type P - parcel (from DCDB)
DESCRIPTION
Details (Known As) Dwelling designed by F Kenneth Milne in the Californian Bungalow style
Registered Name Dwelling
Significance The house is built in the Californian bungalow style with unusual attention to detail and some attractive and different decorative characteristics. The beautifully tiled roof boasts six chimneys, the edges and tops of which are studded with large pebbles. The residence was designed by leading Adelaide architect, F.K. Milne, for Mrs Samuel Toms in 1914, when it was immediately reported as "quite a feature of the neighbourhood." It was later owned by D.A. Tolley, of the Adelaide wine making family. Milne was a dominating figure in the architecture of Adelaide for many years with his buildings setting the fashion for a host of imitators. An authoritative view is that "as an interpretation of the Californian Pasadena bungalow and in terms of planning, function, aesthetics, as well as in relation to its setting, this particular house is not only Milne's best of the period ... but is also undeniably a most inviting rendition of a type that was later to go berserk with grotesque verandah supports and cheap plywood "panelling" in the less sensitive hands of many speculative builders." Both as an exemplar of its type and of Milne's fine body of work, this house is of significant architectural merit and interest. (Burnside Heritage Survey Part 2, 1987)
Subject Index Residential - House
Class State
STATUS
Status Code REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register
Status Date 23-NOV-1989
REFERENCE
LGA Burnside
State Heritage ID 13999
Heritage Number 8413
SECTION 16 INFORMATION
Section 16
PLAN PARCEL & TITLE
As listed in the SA Heritage Register
Plan Parcel & Title Information CT 5857/343 D55956 A116

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