School Room (former)(rear of property)
3 Skene Street, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No 204996
Newtown Hill Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
B Listed - Regional Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCEThe former school room at the rear of 3 Skene Street, Newtown, was erected c1961 for music teacher, Thomas William I'erson. In 1869, David Cartier acquired the building and combined general school classes until the early 1880's when the brick schoolroom is in use as a kindergarten. This rectangular plan gable structure is of brick, relatively unadorned and with a slate roof and timber ceiling. The design of this schoolroom has been foremostly attributed to John Matthews, an early builder and architect in Geelong, known to have erected adjacent buildings at No. 1 Skene Street and at 256-258 LaTrobe Terrace. The building is important as an early private schoolhouse in the Geelong region.
References
National Trust of Australia (Victoria), File No 2342 Survey and Identification Data Form, compiled by G R Seaton, July 1969.
Brownhill W. R., The history of Geelong and Corio Bay Wilke and Company, Melbourne, 1955, p. 202
Geelong Advertiser, 20 April 1970 'Building to be Preserved'
City of Geelong, Rate Books 1855 -1858.
City of Newtown Rate Books, 1859-1898 for details of ownership.
The rate valuation of 1861 indicates a substantial increase in rates, this being the principal factor in establishing the date of construction as c1861. T W I'erson acquired the property at this time.
Geelong Directory 1882 -83, p. 113, Miss Norman school mistress.
The house was originally stood in front of the school room was acquired in 1898 by A E J Trotter. The present house on the site at No. 3 Skene Street was erected in 1908 by Trotter.
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Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Geelong Region Historic Buildings and Objects Study
Author: Allan Willingham
Year: 1986
Grading: BGreater Geelong - City of Newtown Urban Conservation Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 1991
Grading: BGreater Geelong - City of Newtown Urban Conservation Study
Author: Richard Peterson
Year: 1997
Grading: B
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FORMER GEELONG WOOL EXCHANGEVictorian Heritage Register H0622
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GEELONG TOWN HALLVictorian Heritage Register H0184
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ST PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCHVictorian Heritage Register H0187
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