Residence - Office
291 Latrobe Terrace, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No 202539
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Statement of Significance
C Listed - Local Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The house at 291 Latrobe Terrace, Geelong, has significance as a moderately intact example of the Federation style. Built in 1898 for Peter Beamish, the house has been altered and appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street.
The house at 291 Latrobe Terrace is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. Although altered, it still demonstrates original design qualities of a Federation style. These qualities include the complex roof forms that include the recessed dominant hipped roof, together with two gables that project towards the Latrobe Street frontage, the hipped roof that projects towards the side and the return verandah and the dominant hipped roof and northern projecting gable. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated steel roof cladding, brick chimneys with multi-corbelled tops but not the over-painting, broad eaves, timber framed double hung windows including the projecting bank under the verandah gable, timber framed doorway and the square timber verandah columns.
The house at 291 Latrobe Terrace is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Geelong during the Federation c.1895-1915 period. In particular, this house has associations with Peter Fenlon Beamish and his wife Charlotte, original owners from 1898.
Overall, the house at 291 Latrobe Terrace is of LOCAL significance.
References
Reports and Drainage Plans, Barwon Water profis system, 1917, 1950, 1958, 1992. Voters Roll Kardinia Ward 1992, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Sands& McDougalls Directory of Geelong, 1972, Geelong Historical Records Centre.
Sands& McDougall "Invicta" Geelong Directory, 1968, Geelong Historical Records Centre.
Certificate of Title, Vol. 7447, Fol. 1489378, dated 3 July, 1950.
Geelong City Council Rate Books Kardinia Ward, 1896-1960. Geelong Historical Records Centre. Geelong Town Plan 1881, Geelong Historical Records Centre.
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Residence - Office - Physical Description 1
The house at 291 Latrobe Terrace, Geelong, is set on a large allotment. The house has a modest front setback, a typically narrow side setback and one substantial side setback. The front is bound by an timber picket fence and gate that are approximately 1800 mm high. The asymmetrical, single storey, horizontal weatherboard, Federation styled house is characterised by complex roof forms that include a recessed dominant hipped roof, together with two gables that project towards the Latrobe Street frontage and a hipped roof that projects towards the side. Under the dominant hipped roof and northern projecting gable is a return verandah. These roof forms are clad in galvanised corrugated steel. Two brick chimneys now painted with multicorbelled tops adorn the roofline. Broad overhangs are features of the eaves. Other early features of the design include the timber framed double hung windows, arranged as a projecting bank under the verandah gable and either as pairs or singularly elsewhere. The timber framed doorway also appears to be early. The return verandah is supported by introduced square timber columns with solid, shallowarched timber valances. The verandah gable has introduced opening timber lattice gable infill, while the other gable has introduced curvy timber battening over the weatherboards.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Geelong City 'C' Citations Study
Author: Dr David Rowe
Year: 2002
Grading:
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