Residence
66 Skene Street, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No 205139
Aberdeen, George and Skene St H.A.
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Statement of Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
An early Picturesque rendered brick cottage with several unusual characteristics (which may be explained by further research), built about 1870 and tenanted for at least its first 60 years. It is architecturally significant as a relatively rare example of this early domestic style in Newtown and historically in embodying and early way of life of domestic tenants in 1870's Newtown.
INTACTNESS: Fair. Verandahs have been modified and anachronistic Composite posts and valances installed. The left side of the verandah has been added. The fence is anachronistic, thought not recent. The building's colour scheme is not appropriate.
CONDITIONS AND THREATS: Very good, but the very low floor is at ground level, although some floor vents have been introduced
REFERENCE: City of Newtown and Chilwell Ratebooks
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Residence - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTION
An early Picturesque cottage in rendered brick with gabled roofs, one across and a wing extending at left rear. It has three bays, the left set forward with a canted bay window with a hipped roof and, most unusually, the entrance. The barge is loopy fretwork wit a turned finial. The chimney is unusually in the front, between the second and third bays. The verandah is concave, in the angle and across to the bay window. Subdivision for no 64has extended up to the east wall. Window cillsare stone, rockface.
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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