"Clyde"
21 Skene Street, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No 205011
Newtown Hill Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
B Listed - Regional Significance
Corrections to the history of this place are informally provided in the history to this citation.
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCEThis building, originally a private residence, has regional historical significance for its associations with Newtown's wool scouring works, which played an important role in Geelong s early industrial development. The first owner in 1924 was Edith I May Smith, a relation of Brig. Gen. Robert Smith, founder and manager in 1919-20 of the Phoenix Wool Scouring Works on the Corner of Marnock and Riversdale Roads Newtown. Later, the house was occupied briefly by William Skene, fellmonger, but Edith Smith was owner still in the 1940s. It has regional architectural significance as a substantial Californian Bungalow which is externally relatively intact. The use of Tuscan columns, indicating a Colonial Revival influence in the mid1920s derived from the popularisation of this period by Hardy Wilson, is of interest. The lamps and fence contribute to the significance of the context. .
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"Clyde" - Physical Description 1
Red brick, gable-roofed, Californian Bungalow with a slate terracotta finials and capping. There is a dominant central gable facing, with minor gables either side, projecting across the site and other gables projecting at sides. Upper gables have shingles jettying from brackets and rectangular bay windows, either three or four sash. There is an attic in the central bay (once a balcony?) over the verandah, which is recessed and approached by a stair, with a scalloped hit & miss balustrade, with render capping and wrought iron lamp-standards. The verandah has a flat roof, supported on square Tuscan columns. There is a similar verandah at the left hand side and a curved bay. The brick fence, perforated with slots has a catenary-curved render capping and render facing between piers.
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: BGreater Geelong - City of Newtown Urban Conservation Study
Author: Richard Peterson
Year: 1997
Grading: B
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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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ST PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCHVictorian Heritage Register H0187
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