199 Douglas Parade
199 Douglas Parade WILLIAMSTOWN, Hobsons Bay City
Private Survey Heritage Precinct
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Statement of Significance
The house, constructed in 1915, at 199 Douglas Parade, Newport.
How is it Significant?The house at 199 Douglas Parade, Newport is of local aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay.
Why is it Significant?Aesthetically, it is significant as a superior and unique example of an Edwardian attic villa of an individual design, which is notable for its rare verandah detailing. (AHC criteria B2, E1 and F1)
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199 Douglas Parade - Physical Description 1
The house at 199 Douglas Parade, Williamstown is a double-storey, detached, asymmetrical Edwardian attic style villa with a steeply pitched corrugated galvanised steel roof. There is a verandah across its street elevation and along part of its north elevation. The house is set back from the street boundary by a small garden. Other significant or original elements include:
-The distinctive attic villa form.
-Verandah with chamfered timber posts, carved brackets and elaborate fretwork.
-Casement windows flanking a central entrance (altered).
-Ship-lap boarding on the street elevation.
-Red brick chimneys with moulded cap and terracotta pots.
-Bracketed eaves on front and side attic gables.
-A front gable balcony, which has been glazed in.
The sympathetic timber picket fence is recent.
199 Douglas Parade - Integrity
External Integrity
Integrity - Moderate. Condition - Good.
199 Douglas Parade - Physical Description 2
Context
An isolated Edwardian dwelling amongst generally later interwar houses.199 Douglas Parade - Historical Australian Themes
Making Suburbs
199 Douglas Parade - Physical Description 3
Associations Henry John Neal.
Heritage Study and Grading
Hobsons Bay - Hobsons Bay Heritage Study
Author: Hobsons Bay City Council
Year: 2006
Grading:
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RESIDENCEVictorian Heritage Register H0487
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ST HELLIERSVictorian Heritage Register H0560
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MANDALAYVictorian Heritage Register H0232
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