Residence "Keyham" prefabricated timber house including interior
275 Pakington Street, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No 203926
Newtown Hill Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
A Listed - State Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The prefabricated timber house 'Keyham' in Newtown is one of a large number of portable houses imported to Geelong in the 1850s by local merchant Frederick Bauer and others to meet housing exigencies during the Victorian fold rushes. Most probably 'Keyham', named by it's original owner John Buckland after a place in Leicester, was manufactured in Germany or Switzerland. Markings can be seen on roof timbers. The original four room house of wide ship-lap weatherboards, slate roof and chinoserie style verandah is of archaeological importance as a rare survivor and intact illustrations of a once common building.
RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES
Geelong Regional Commission Register.
Historic Buildings Council Register.
National trust of Australia (Victoria) Register.
Australian Heritage Commission Register of the National Estate.
REFERENCES
Geelong Advertiser - 19 January, 1929 - reference to house being prefabricated from Swiss Oak, imported to Geelong in sections from John Buckland - article by JH Botterell.
Brownhill, W. R. - A History of Geelong and Corio Bay, Wilke & Co., Melbourne, 1955, pp. 106,160,264-265,546.
Seaton, G - Model Borough - An Introduction to Old Newtown and Chilwell.
City of Newtown 1983 p.p. 106-107 fir reference to SV Buckland.
For a discussion on prefabricated timber houses of German origins see.
Huddle, Lorraine - 'The Heights' A Conservation Analysis, national Trust of Australia (Victoria), Unpublished report 1984.
Geelong Historical Society Investigator - Vol 1, 1965-66, p.5, Vol 6, No 2, June 1971, p.53, Vol 10, No 3 September 1975 p 66.
For reference to SV Buckland and originals of legal firm Taylor and Buckland.
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Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Geelong Region Historic Buildings and Objects Study
Author: Allan Willingham
Year: 1986
Grading: AGreater Geelong - City of Newtown Urban Conservation Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 1991
Grading: AGreater Geelong - City of Newtown Urban Conservation Study
Author: Richard Peterson
Year: 1997
Grading: A
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MATTHEW FLINDERS SCHOOL NO.8022Victorian Heritage Register H1645
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BAPTIST CHURCHVictorian Heritage Register H0427
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FORMER BAPTIST CHURCHVictorian Heritage Register H0426
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