Residence
163 Skene Street, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No 205069
Aberdeen, George and Skene St H.A.
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Statement of Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
A characteristic timber Californian Bungalow with some elements in the 1930s villa manner and some influence of the Mesopotamian style, completed by 1940. It is architecturally significant locally as representative of this domestic style and of the stylistic influence of the Mesopotamian archaeological discoveries of Sire Leonard Wooley and others in the 1920s. It is historically in embodying life in Newtown prior to the Great Depression and evidence of the standstill in the building trade that is caused.
INTACTNESS: Fair. The chimney and porch were built late, in the 1930's but remain significant. The brickwork has been painted.
CONDITIONS AND THREATS: Good
REFERENCE: City of Newtown and Chilwell Rate Books.
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Residence - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTION
A relatively plain, late hip-roofed Californian Bungalow with some 1930s elements. The right is set forward as a gable. The upper gable is timbered with convex brackets, with a porch in the angle. Windows are double at left and Chicago at right and upper sashes are geometric leadlight. At right is a flat hood.
The porch and rectangular chimney are in the 1930s manner. The porch piers have Mesopotamian influence, derived from interest in the archaeological discoveries of Sir Leonard Wooley and others in the 1920s.
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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THE HEIGHTSVictorian Heritage Register H0429
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FORMER SHEARERS ARMS HOTELVictorian Heritage Register H0661
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ARMYTAGE HOUSEVictorian Heritage Register H0405
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