Residence
15 Virginia Street, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No 205383
Newtown Hill Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
C Listed - Local Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE:
A characteristic and particular intact symmetrical late Italianate brick house, built in 1884, but with fine unusual elements in c1905. from a new owner. It is architecturally, significant as representative of the Italianate domestic manner, but also for the early twentieth century elements including: the nameplate, glass and gate. It is historically interesting in embodying two periods of life in Newtown, both the mid 1880s and early twentieth century, both prosperous.
INTACTNESS: Excellent
CONDITIONS & THREATS: Excellent
REFERENCES: City of Newtown and Chilwell Ratebooks
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Residence - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTION:
A symmetrical double-fronted brick late Italianate house with a hipped roof. The concave hipped verandah extends across, with cast iron lace valance and brackets and cast-iron columns. These are composite with barley sugar shafts and coin-mould over. Verandah pavement is chequeboard diamond pantiles with bluestone edge.
Brickwork and bichromatic, brown with cream facings, tuck pointed on the rockface bluestone base. Chimneys have deep Classical moulds. There are fine wrought-iron finials and cresting. The frieze has unusual maple-leaf motif wrought iron finials and cresting. The frieze has unusual maple-leaf motif decorative panels, alternatively wide and narrow between ogee brackets with drops.
Windows are tipartite. The entrance has Edwardian leadlight side and fan-lights with a paneled door and unusual fine Art Nouveau glass nameplate. The c1940 fence has an unusual Art Nouveau wrought-iron gate.
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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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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