"Riverdale"
22 Riversdale Road, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No 204352
Rocky Point Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
B Listed - Regional Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
This timber cottage has regional historical associations with an early Newtown industry, the tanneries which operated in the vicinity from the 1850s. "Riverdale" was owned and occupied at first in 1891 by Josiah Windmill, tanner, who was a member of a well known local family of quarrymen and tanners. Josiah, who lived at "Riverdale" until the 1920s, later in the 1950s, occupied
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"Riverdale" - Physical Description 1
A double-fronted, symmetrical, timber Italianate house with a double hip in profile roof. It has a deep bullnosed hip verandah with a good cast-iron lace valence and brackets. There are decorative strips on the upper posts. There are four timber skillion hoods on windows. The chimneys contribute to the symmetry. There is a timber outbuilding.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Geelong Region Historic Buildings and Objects Study
Author: Allan Willingham
Year: 1986
Grading: BGreater Geelong - City of Newtown Urban Conservation Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 1991
Grading: B
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KARDINIA HOUSEVictorian Heritage Register H0337
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GEELONG COLLEGEVictorian Heritage Register H0883
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MIHAROVictorian Heritage Register H1137
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