"Milton" Residence
14 Aphrasia Street, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No 200386
Aphrasia Street Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
A Listed - State Significance
'Milton' a two storey stucco masonry house with slate roof, was erected in 1857-58 for prominent Geelong pharmacist and politician, Charles Kernot, to Renaissance Revival style design by leading Geelong architects Backhouse & Reynolds 'Milton' is one of the finest works of the architects in Geelong and an important early townhouse. Charles Kernot was a distinguished Geelong colonist, radical politician and amateur engineer, many of his descendants being noted in Australian engineering circles.
RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES
Geelong Regional Commission Register
Australia Heritage Commission Register of National Estate
National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Register
Historic Buildings Council Register
REFERENCES:
Geelong Advertiser - 23rd October, 1857, tender notice.
Murray-Smith, S - Charles Kernot (1820-1882) in Pike Douglas (Ed), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Melbourne University Press, Vol. 5 1974, pp 19-20.
Smith, James (Ed) - The Cyclopedia of Victoria, 3 volumes,
The Cyclopedia Co., Melbourne Vol 1 , 1903 pp 237-238.
Biography of Maurice Edwin Kernot, son of Charles Kernot, p 463. Biography of Frederick Archer Kernot, one of Charles Kernot.
Lyall Sutherland - 'The Architectural Profession in Melbourne', 1835-1860, University of Melbourne, 1965 reference to practice of Backhouse and Reynolds.
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Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Geelong Region Historic Buildings and Objects Study
Author: Allan Willingham
Year: 1986
Grading: A
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MATTHEW FLINDERS SCHOOL NO.8022Victorian Heritage Register H1645
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FORMER SHEARERS ARMS HOTELVictorian Heritage Register H0661
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BAPTIST CHURCHVictorian Heritage Register H0427
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