Late Victorian Residence
53 Kennedy Street HAMILTON, Southern Grampians Shire
Botanic Gardens Precinct Hamilton
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Statement of Significance
SIGNIFICANCE: Very elegantly detailed late Victorian residence with notable Erythina, Coral Tree in front garden. Key building in the Botanic Gardens area.
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
Residence
53 Kennedy Street
Built in the late 1880s on land first sold by the Crown to G Bowler in 1854, this late Victorian residence is of local significance for its architecture. The house represents the success of the upper middle class in Hamilton at the end of the last century. It is one of the few house with an intact cast iron verandah. The leadlighting in the elegantly detailed side French doors and their aedicule frames with a cushion mould in the pediment are especially notable. The house has been extended at the side and converted into flats. The original front fence is missing but the gate and gateposts survive. The house is substantially intact and is in fair condition. The garden includes one significant remnant of the original design, an Erythina, Coral Tree. Because of its corner position the building is a key site for the Botanic gardens Area.
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Late Victorian Residence - Physical Description 1
MATERIALS:
Roof: corrugated iron
Walls: rendered stone
Dressings: cement render
Plinth: rockface bluestone
Windows: timber double hung sash
Paving: concrete
Other: cast iron verandah frieze
and columns
bluestone steps to concrete
NOTABLE FEATURES:cast iron and timber verandah, leadlighting in side French doors and their aedicule frames with cushion mould in pediment, cast iron fence gate and postsLate Victorian Residence - Historical Australian Themes
ASSOCIATED HISTORIC THEMES
Evolution of the Town: 1880sLate Victorian Residence - Integrity
Integrity: G
Late Victorian Residence - Physical Conditions
Conditions: F
Heritage Study and Grading
Southern Grampians - City of Hamilton Conservation Study
Author: Timothy Hubbard with Carlotta Kellaway & Michael Looker (plus Francis Punch)
Year: 1991
Grading: C
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MECHANICS INSTITUTEVictorian Heritage Register H2171
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HAMILTON BOTANIC GARDENSVictorian Heritage Register H2185
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