Residence
111 Prospect Road, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No 204175
Aphrasia Street Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
A most unusual symmetrical late Victorian timber house with interesting decorative elements influenced by Capenter Gothic. It was built between 1890 and 1893, at the end of the Boom. It is architecurally significant as representative of this late style and for is decorative timber details and historically significant as an embodiment of the middle class aspirations in Newtown immediately before the economic crush.
References
City of Newtown and Chilwell Rate Books
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Residence - Physical Description 1
Description
A most unusual symmetrical double-fronted Victorian timber house. It is hip-roofed, with a hipped verandah between canted gables at the angles. These have upper sections clad with mock(?) shingles, which with the eaves are supported on convex brackets over the frieze mould. Gables have casement pairs with upper leadlights. Other windows are double-hung
The verandah valance is Carpenter Gothic with alternate sections of rectangular lattice and turned spindles, over a rail supported by most unusual fretwork curlicue brackets and arched panels. Posts are turned, with square tops. The entrance is recessed with charming three-quarter turned posts in antis, with chrysanthemum fretwork brackets. The four-panelled door has fan and side-lights. The gilt glass nameplate survives. Over the entry is a gable, with ogee ends an ogee brackets, with pressed metal roughcast pattern. Windows extend to the floor, with spandrel panels.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Geelong Region Historic Buildings and Objects Study
Author: Allan Willingham
Year: 1986
Grading: CGreater Geelong - City of Newtown Urban Conservation Study
Author: Richard Peterson
Year: 1997
Grading: C
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FORMER SHEARERS ARMS HOTELVictorian Heritage Register H0661
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BAPTIST CHURCHVictorian Heritage Register H0427
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FORMER BAPTIST CHURCHVictorian Heritage Register H0426
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