House at 93 Esplanade
93 Esplanade WILLIAMSTOWN, Hobsons Bay City
Williamstown Beach Heritage Precinct
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Statement of Significance
The house, constructed in 1937, at 93 Esplanade, Williamstown.
How is it Significant?The house at 93 Esplanade, Williamstown is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay.
Why is it Significant?Historically, the house expresses the continuing importance of the Esplanade as a desirable residential address in Williamstown during the Interwar period. (AHC Criteria A4 and D2)
Aesthetically, it is significant as a locally superior and intact example of an Interwar attic villa, which retains notable detail that is expressive of the English Domestic Revival style. (AHC criteria E1 and F1)
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House at 93 Esplanade - Physical Description 1
The house at 93 Esplanade, Williamstown is a two-storey, detached asymmetrical English Domestic Revival style villa with a steeply pitched gabled terracotta tiled roof, and rendered brick walls with tapestry brick dressings. It is set back from its two street boundaries by a garden, which is probably original in form and includes an early pergola. Other significant original elements include:
- The distinctive form, which is typical of the English Domestic Revival style
- A canted bay window with double-hung sash windows and a shingle roof
- The tapestry brick entrance porch with castellated parapet and balcony
- Scalloped timber picket front fence
- Clinker brick paving
- Tall rendered chimneys with tapestry brick capping
- The original fenestration, which includes leadlight windows on stair walls and porch
The garage at the side of the house is a later addition.
House at 93 Esplanade - Integrity
External Integrity and condition
Integrity - High. Condition - Good.
House at 93 Esplanade - Physical Description 2
Context
One of a number of large residences along Esplanade that date from the Victorian to Interwar periods, and part of a group of three in this location. (Refer citations for 89 Esplanade and 92 Esplanade)
House at 93 Esplanade - Historical Australian Themes
Making Suburbs
House at 93 Esplanade - Physical Description 3
Associations
Henry Wigglesworth
Heritage Study and Grading
Hobsons Bay - Hobsons Bay Heritage Study
Author: Hobsons Bay City Council
Year: 2006
Grading:
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WILLIAMSTOWN PRIMARY SCHOOLVictorian Heritage Register H1639
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FORMER PRESBYTERIAN MANSEVictorian Heritage Register H0229
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DRESSING PAVILIONVictorian Heritage Register H0927
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