Residence
42 Virginia Street, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No 205412
Newtown Hill Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
C Listed - Local Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE:
A characteristic late Italianate timber house built between 1879 and 1884. It has architectural significance locally as representative of this domestic style and historical significance in embodying life in Newtown in the early 1880s'
INTACTNESS: Very good. The fence and security door are not appropriate and the balustrade is recent.
CONDITIONS & THREATS: Very Good.
REFERENCES: City of Newtown and Chilwell Ratebooks
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Residence - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTION:
A double-fronted late Italianate house with a hipped roof. The right bay is set forward with a canted bay window, expressed at the roof. The bull-nosed hipped roof verandah is in the angle. It has dentillated cornice, cast-iron lace valance and brackets, in a maple-leaf pattern, with Doric timber posts. Chimneys are rendered, with Classical moulds. The window at left is tripartite.
The entrance has a four-pannelled door, side and fanlights in ruby glass. The entrance retains a pair of urns on plinths and chequerboard diamond encaustic tile pavements. Weatherboards are beaded, on a bluestone base.
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS: Similar to Nos. 22 and 39 Virginia Street including the shield motif valance.
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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