"Tooronga" Residence
258 Latrobe Terrace, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No 202395
Latrobe Terrace Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
B Listed - Regional Significance
'Tooronga', reputedly built c 1856 for John Dennis, produce merchant, is an interesting early victorian era town house, erectedi n the most prestigious residential area of era 1850-80 and centred on Latrobe Terrace. The history of this structure and its occupants remains virtually unrecorded. The design is reminiscent of Colonial Regency architecture of teh 1840's. The unusually detailed decorated timber verandah and upper floor balustrade is the most distinctive feature of this building, which was used by A.W. Kearney as his 'University School' in the 1880's.
References
Geelong Freeway Action Committee. Freeway Threat to Historic Highway - Ken jenkin Print, Geelong, 1973.
National Trust of Australia (Victoria), file no 1188.
Geelong Advertiser 14th February 1856 'Tenders for Carpenters and bricklayers to erect a brick building. Plans etc. at Dennis and Osborne Malop Street Geelong' may possibly be for erection 'Tooronga' in Latrobe Terrace.
'Tooronga' requires further investigation to establish teh architectural origins and historical associations of this visually interesting building.
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Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Geelong Region Historic Buildings and Objects Study
Author: Allan Willingham
Year: 1986
Grading: BGreater Geelong - City of Newtown Urban Conservation Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 1991
Grading: BGreater Geelong - City of Newtown Urban Conservation Study
Author: Richard Peterson
Year: 1997
Grading: B
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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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ST PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCHVictorian Heritage Register H0187
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