Williamstown Tennis Club Pavilion
73 Morris Street WILLIAMSTOWN, Hobsons Bay City
Point Gellibrand Heritage Precinct
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Statement of Significance
The Williamstown Tennis Club pavilion, designed by Morsby & Coates and constructed in 1928, situated within the foreshore reserve at 73 Morris Street, Williamstown.
How is it Significant?The Williamstown Tennis Club pavilion is of local historic, social and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay.
Why is it Significant?Historically and socially, it demonstrates the increasing popularity of tennis in Williamstown during the Interwar years. (AHC criteria A4 and D2)
Aesthetically, it is significant as a locally superior and intact (both internally and externally) example of an Interwar sporting pavilion, which is notable for its unique design in an eclectic style. (AHC criteria B2, E1 and F1)
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Williamstown Tennis Club Pavilion - Physical Description 1
The Williamstown Lawn Tennis Club pavilion is a symmetrical building with a large hipped tiled roof and semi-recessed central entrance verandah, surmounted by a large compressed twin gable. An eclectic design, it combines unrelated elements such as the English Domestic Revival twin-peaked gable and tall verandah post with elongated Edwardian brackets with horizontal 'Moderne' grouped windows.
The interior (not fully intact) has a central clubroom with half timbered ceiling, dark stained woodwork and grouped glazed entrance doors to the verandah, all repeated in the later Croquet Club. The social basis of 1920s suburban tennis is portrayed in the rooms on each side of the clubroom with interior change rooms and toilet facilities for each sex of equal size. The interior lockers, kitchen servery window, door handles and obscure glass are identical to those in the Croquet Pavilion.
Williamstown Tennis Club Pavilion - Integrity
Integrity and condition
Integrity - High. Condition - Good.
Williamstown Tennis Club Pavilion - Physical Description 2
Context
Situated within foreshore parkland adjacent to the Williamstown Football Oval.
Williamstown Tennis Club Pavilion - Historical Australian Themes
Making Suburbs
Williamstown Tennis Club Pavilion - Physical Description 3
Associations
City of Williamstown, Morsby & Coates, Williamstown Lawn Tennis Club.
Heritage Study and Grading
Hobsons Bay - Hobsons Bay Heritage Study
Author: Hobsons Bay City Council
Year: 2006
Grading:
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FORMER MORGUEVictorian Heritage Register H1512
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WILLIAMSTOWN PRIMARY SCHOOLVictorian Heritage Register H1639
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TIME BALL TOWERVictorian Heritage Register H1649
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