Residence
52 Virginia Street, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No 205409
Newtown Hill Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE:
A timber late Italianate house built in 1890 by prolific local builders Purnell & Sons. It is architecturally significant locally as representative of this domestic style and historically in embodying comfortable life in Newtown just before the economic crash of 1892.
INTACTNESS: Good. The verandah appears to be recent. The Edwardian turned post is anachronistic and the lace not like any in Newtown. The fly-screen door is not appropriate either. The fence is re-cut and the verandah sub-floor should not have been infilled with random rubble stone.
CONDITIONS & THREATS: Excellent, but there is no sub-floor ventilation.
REFERENCES: City of Newtown and Chilwell Ratebooks
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Residence - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTION:
A double-fronted timber late Italianate house. With a hipped roof. The left bay is set forward as a canted bay window, expressed at the roof. Chimneys are rendered with Classical moulds. Eaves have coved bracket pairs, over frieze mould. Cladding is with ship-lapped boards. The entrance has side and fanlights.
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS: Similar to no. 50.
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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GEELONG TOWN HALLVictorian Heritage Register H0184
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ST PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCHVictorian Heritage Register H0187
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ANZ BANKVictorian Heritage Register H0191
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