Residence "Drummond"
35 Virginia Street, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No 205390
Newtown Hill Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
B Listed -Regional Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE:
This Italianate brick house was completed in late December 1891 for Jessie McMillan. It has regional historical significance as an illustration of Newtown's provision of special community services for the Geelong district, particularly in the fields of health, education, religion and transport. Octavia Kate McKenzie, nurse, owned the building from 1914 and in 1919 converted it into a private hospital. Nurses continued to own the property over a long period. It has regional architectural significance as a substantial Italianate house. Of particular interest are the very fine cast-iron lace frieze, brackets, balustrade and posts. The sympathetic contextual elements such as the hedge and fence further contribute to the significance.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Existing Listings - None
Recommendations - RNE LPS- Area 2 - Place
REFERENCES
Lorraine Huddle, pers. comm.
Newtown rate book 189192, North Ward No 90.
Ibid 19012 No 95.
Ibid 19056 No 94 19067 No 95.
Ibid 19089 No 94.
Ibid 191112 No 105.
Ibid 191415 No 105.
Ibid 191920 No 115.
Ibid 1927 No 121 1935 No 124.
Gladys Seaton, Model Borough, City of Newtown, 1983, pp.65-67..
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Residence "Drummond" - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTION:
A double-storey, triple-fronted, bichromatic brick, slate hip-roofed, Italianate house. The left-hand bay projects with tripartite windows. The right-hand bay has double windows. There are Italianate eaves brackets. There is a double-storey verandah around the angle, with a very fine cast-iron lace frieze, brackets, posts and balustrade. The cast iron palisade fence, on a bluestone plinth, is backed by a variegated privet hedge. The fence is largely recent, but sympathetic.
The design is believed to be the work of architect A. J. Derek.
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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