Residence
71 Saffron Street, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No 204517
Chilwell and Saffron St Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
A characteristic and particularly intact late Italianate house built in 1893, its verandah having some Edwardian elements. Interestingly it was rented for 34 years, then occupied by the present owner for the past 70 years. It is architecturally significant locally as representative ofthe late Italianate, domestic style, transitional to Edwardian and historically significant in embodying unpretentious working family life for a rental property in Newtown at the time ofthe financial crash and depression ofthe early 1890s. The long occupancy by the present owner is remarkable.
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Residence - Physical Description 1
A double-fronted symmetrical late Italianate timber house, with a hipped roof The verandah across the front has a convex hipped roof with a castiron lace valance and brackets possibly locally made in Chilwell on turned timber Tuscan timber posts with prismatic panels. The chimney is brown brick with a corbelled top. The frieze has ogee bracket pairs with lozenges and panels between. The ogee spouting appears to be original.
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: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 1991
Grading: CGreater Geelong - City of Newtown Urban Conservation Study
Author: Richard Peterson
Year: 1997
Grading: C
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