House at 110 Melbourne Road
110 Melbourne Road WILLIAMSTOWN, Hobsons Bay City
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Statement of Significance
The house, designed by Mr JW Parry and constructed in 1934, at 110 Melbourne Road, Williamstown.
How is it Significant?The house at 110 Melbourne Road, Williamstown is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay.
Why is it Significant?Historically, it is significant as the residence of the locally important architect, JW Parry, who designed many residential, commercial and civic buildings during the Interwar period in Williamstown. (AHC criteria A4 and H1)
Aesthetically, it is significant as a locally rare and superior architect-designed example of an Interwar English Domestic Revival house with a range of original features that are hallmarks of this style. (AHC criteria B2, E1 and F1)
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House at 110 Melbourne Road - Physical Description 1
The house at 110 Melbourne Road is a single-storey, detached, asymmetrical English Domestic revival style house. It has rendered masonry walls and a gabled terracotta tiled roof, and is set back from the street by a garden. Other significant original elements include:
- The distinctive form, which is typical of this style.
- Double-hung sash windows with diamond-pane leadlight
- Canted bay window with leadlight
- Clinker brick chimneys with glazed terracotta pots
- Gabled single car garage at rear
House at 110 Melbourne Road - Integrity
External Integrity and condition
Integrity - High. Condition - Good.
House at 110 Melbourne Road - Physical Description 2
Context
One of a number of interwar houses situated along Melbourne Road, it is set amongst otherwise Victorian-era houses.
House at 110 Melbourne Road - Historical Australian Themes
Making Suburbs
House at 110 Melbourne Road - Physical Description 3
Associations
John W Parry
Heritage Study and Grading
Hobsons Bay - Hobsons Bay Heritage Study
Author: Hobsons Bay City Council
Year: 2006
Grading:
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