Medical Centre
37 Fitzroy Street, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No 213366
City East Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
Contributory
C Listed - Local Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The house at 37 Fitzroy Street, Geelong, has significance as a reasonably intact example of a transitional Federation and interwar Californian Bungalow style. Built in 1922-23 for William Henry Orchard, the house appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street.
The house at 37 Fitzroy Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a transitional Federation and interwar Californian Bungalow style. These qualities include the L shaped form, hipped and gabled roofs and the return corner verandah under the hipped roofs. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated steel roof cladding, unpainted brick chimneys with rendered tops, projecting cappings and terra cotta pots, broad eaves with exposed timber rafters, square timber verandah columns with timber brackets, flatroofed projecting bowed bays with timber framed casement windows and leadlighted highlights, timber framed doorway and leadlighted sidelight, and the decorative gable infill timber ventilators and brackets.
The house at 37 Fitzroy Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments during the interwar 1920s1940s period. In particular, this house has associations with William Henry Orchard, original owner from 1922-23.
Overall, the house at 37 Fitzroy Street is of LOCAL significance.
References
Reports and Drainage Plans, Barwon Water profis system, 1922, 1957, 1988, 1989.
Electoral Roll. Division Corio, Subdivision Geelong, 1984, Geelong Historical Records Centre.
Sands & McDougall's Directory of Geelong, 1972, Geelong Historical Records Centre.
Sands & McDougall "Invicta" Geelong Directory, 1968, Geelong Historical Records Centre.
Geelong City Council Rate Books (Barwon Ward), 1920-1960, Geelong Historical Records Centre.
Geelong Town Plan 1881, Geelong Historical Records Centre.
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Medical Centre - Physical Description 1
Description
The house at 37 Fitzroy Street, Geelong, is set on a large corner allotment. It has a modest front setback to Fitzroy Street, and a larger setback to Sydney Parade. The frontages are comprised of grassed areas and perimeter gardens, with some large trees near the corner and along the Fitzroy Street frontage. The front is bound along Fitzroy Street and partially along Sydney Parade by an introduced ripple iron and timber fence, approximately 1700 mm high. The remaining Sydney Parade boundary has a timber paling fence of approximately 1700 mm high.
The asymmetrical, single storey, horizontal weatherboard, transitional Federation and interwar Californian Bungalow styled house has an L shaped form characterised by the hipped and gabled roofs clad in galvanised corrugated steel. Early unpainted brick chimneys with rendered tops, projecting cappings and terra cotta pots adorn the roofline. Broad overhangs with exposed timber rafters are features of the eaves.
A feature of the design is the return verandah under the hipped roofs. It is supported by introduced but appropriate square timber columns with introduced timber brackets.
Another feature of the design is the projecting bowed bays with timber framed casement windows with leadlighted highlights and flat roofed hoods.
The timber framed doorway and leadlighted sidelight are also early, as is the decorative gable infill (timber ventilators and brackets). The lowered hipped roof forms and lantern light at the rear of the house (fronting Sydney Parade) are later additions..
Medical Centre - Physical Description 2
Largely intact weatherboard villa, with additions to rear. Hipped & gable roof clad in corrugated metal sheeting, timber vents to gable ends, timber verandah with timber brackets, timber casement windows to bays with leadlight highlights, timber door with leadlight to highlight & sidelight, brick chimneys with rendered capping and terracotta pots.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Geelong City Urban Conservation Study, Volumes 2-5
Author: Graeme Butler
Year: 1991
Grading: CGreater Geelong - Geelong City Urban Conservation Study Volume 1
Author: Graeme Butler
Year: 1993
Grading: CGreater Geelong - Geelong City 'C' Citations Study
Author: Dr David Rowe
Year: 2002
Grading:Geelong City Fringe Heritage Area Review
Author: RBA Architects + Conservation Consultants
Year: 2018
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FORMER GEELONG WOOL EXCHANGEVictorian Heritage Register H0622
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FORMER SCOTTISH CHIEFS HOTELVictorian Heritage Register H0662
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CORIO VILLAVictorian Heritage Register H0193
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