4 Grindlay Street
4 Grindlay Street NEWPORT, Hobsons Bay City
Grindlay's Estate Heritage Precinct
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Statement of Significance
The house and fence, constructed c.1925, at 4 Grindlay Street, Newport.
How is it Significant?The house and fence at 4 Grindlay Street, Newport is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay.
Why is it Significant?Historically, it illustrates the second important phase of residential development that occurred in Newport during the Interwar period following the expansion of industry. (AHC criteria A4 and D2)
Aesthetically, it is significant as a fine and intact example of an Interwar bungalow, which is notable for its unusually detailed original fence and hedge. (AHC criteria B2, E1 and F1)
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4 Grindlay Street - Physical Description 1
The house at 4 Grindlay Street, Newport is a single-storey, detached asymmetrical weatherboard interwar bungalow with a transverse gabled roof. It is set back from the street boundary by a garden. Significant original elements include:
-The distinctive and intact bungalow form
-Woven wire and timber fence, with an unusual spearhead and chain at its top, and the woven wire gate
-Early (probably original) clipped privet hedge
-Verandah supported on paired timber posts with red brick pillars
-Double-hung sash windows with multi-pane upper sashes
-Exposed rafter ends and gable brackets
-Shingled gable ends
-Red brick chimney
4 Grindlay Street - Integrity
External Integrity and condition
Integrity - High. Condition - Good
4 Grindlay Street - Physical Description 2
Context
Part of a group of interwar dwellings.
4 Grindlay Street - Historical Australian Themes
Making Suburbs
4 Grindlay Street - Physical Description 3
Associations
State Savings Bank of Victoria?
Heritage Study and Grading
Hobsons Bay - Hobsons Bay Heritage Study
Author: Hobsons Bay City Council
Year: 2006
Grading:
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FORMER NEWPORT RAILWAY WORKSHOPSVictorian Heritage Register H1000
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GREENWICH PIERVictorian Heritage Inventory
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OLD YARRA RIVER COURSE STONE EMBANKMENTSVictorian Heritage Inventory
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