Residence
234 Latrobe Terrace, GEELONG WEST VIC 3218 - Property No 202381
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Statement of Significance
B listed - Regional Significance
One of relatively few large Victorian residences in Geelong West significant for its associations with the Hope family and its degree of integrity. It is of regional significance.
The distinctive brick residence of 234 Latrobe Terrace Geelong West was constructed in 1881-2 for Mrs. Charles Anderson, widow of Charles Anderson, a Geelong businessman. Watts and Jackson designed this Victorian eclectic style residence with unusual timber verandah and iron balustrades in a characteristic villa mode of the 1880s in Geelong. The residence is one of a large number of notable villas in the Latrobe Terrace precinct of Geelong and a representative example of the works of prolific architects Watts and Jackson. The building was for many years the residence of Dr. T.C. Hope, a noted Geelong medical practitioner and son of Dr. Hope of 'Lynnburn', Batesford.
References
G. Seaton, The Ashby Storey - A History of Geelong West, Geelong West City Council, 1978, pp. 121, 161, 251.
A. Willingham, "'Historic Places Documentation Sheet', GRC.
Geelong Advertiser, 1st November 1881, p.4, tender for residence for Mrs. Charles Anderson, Latrobe Terrace.
Henderson, A., Henderson's Australian Families - 'Hope of Darriwill', Henderson, Melbourne, 1941, p. 269 Thomas Culbertson Hope.
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Residence - Physical Description 1
This large single storey Victorian villa is similar in form to 35 Villamanta Street. The front facade is symmetrical with a pair of bay windows and a return verandah of concave profile with cast iron decoration. The hipped roof is slate and walls are polychrome brick although the cream bricks have been painted. The once prominent Latrobe Terrace residential address is now rapidly becoming populated by offices and this building is rare survivor in this area. The house is largely in its original condition.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Geelong Region Historic Buildings and Objects Study
Author: Allan Willingham
Year: 1986
Grading:
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FORMER GEELONG WOOL EXCHANGEVictorian Heritage Register H0622
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GEELONG TOWN HALLVictorian Heritage Register H0184
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IRON STOREVictorian Heritage Register H0742
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