Gomara
111 Noble Street, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No 203318
Aphrasia Street Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
C Listed - Local Significance
Corrections to the history of this place are informally provided in the history to this citation.
STATEMENT OF SIGNFICANCE
An unusual large Edwardian timber house built in 1910. It has local architectural significance as a characteristic Edwardian style house, with some interesting Art Nouveau influenced decorative organic details and others Medieval inspired. The layout, form and elements of the garden including the important fence, are an important survival, relatively rare in Victoria. It is historically significant as a representative embodiment of the way of life of the period and its values, comfortable and assured, in Edwardian Newtown.
REFERENCE:
City of Newtown and Chilwell Ratebooks
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Gomara - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTION
A quadruple fronted, elevated timber, hip-roofed Edwardian house. The left side rear, centre and right side rear bays projecting as gables. The verandah extends around the angle at right and at left under a break in the roof pitch. This has a palisade valence of tulip motifs and catenary curved at left with sinuous curved brackets. Under, at the angle is an octagonal bay window on the splay. Gables jetty dramatically. Upper gables are fretwork projecting, behind is ripple-iron, on ogee brackets and the lowest section has mediavalising timber on roughcast. There are canted bay windows with hipped ripple-iron hoods. Window sashes have segmental heads and leadlight upper lights.
Chimneys have frieze moulds, unrendered and unusual dark stoneware glazed pots. The important timber fence is unusual with ripple-iron spandrel panels and palisade over. Some sections retain the original wavy members. Posts are incised, moulded and with curlicue tops. The entrance gates are recessed and splayed. Both pedestrian and vehicular gates are unusual: metal tube, ribbon and chain0plink mesh. At right is a row of six Peppercorns (piper nigrum) on the boundary.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - City of Newtown Urban Conservation Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 1991
Grading:
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ARMYTAGE HOUSEVictorian Heritage Register H0405
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SACRED HEART CONVENT AND COLLEGEVictorian Heritage Register H0555
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RANNOCH HOUSEVictorian Heritage Register H1165
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