Residence
35 Retreat Road, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No 204298
Aphrasia Street Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
C Listed - Local Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
A characteristic timber Edwardian house built in 1910 with some unusual decorative elements, including the verandah frieze and brackets. It is architecturally significant as a characteristic Edwardian house and historically as a representative embodiment of the comfortable middle class life in Newtown before World War II.
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Residence - Physical Description 1
A triple-fronted, timber, elevated Edwardian house with a pyramidal hipped roof. The right bay is set forward as a gable, the upper gable jettying deeply. It is clad with pressed metal in roughcast pattern and Medievalising timbers. The central section extends down to a rectangular bay window, with its own large hipped hood, supported on an unusual system of palisades and large coved brackets. Windows are pairs with panels between. The verandah is in the angle and extends around to a further gable at left side rear. This also jettys on coved brackets.
At left is a small gable facing, with sinuous fretwork barges. The verandah valance has bold lattice, with unusual inscribed brackets over a rail. Brackets at posts are decorative fretwork. Posts have decorative grooves. Chimneys have broad rendered friezes with fine moulds and unglazed terra-cotta pots.
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 GEELONG WOOL EXCHANGEVictorian Heritage Register H0622
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GEELONG TOWN HALLVictorian Heritage Register H0184
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IRON STOREVictorian Heritage Register H0742
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