Residence
72 West Fyans Street, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No 205694
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Statement of Significance
B Listed - Regional Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
This pair of early timber cottages, a portion of which dates from the early 1860's, with additions in the 1870's and 1880's, has regional historical significance for a long association with the Pile family of builders, carpenters and stonemasons. The Building trade was of great importance in the Geelong district from a very early time. James Pile, owner of the property in 1861, built the Noble Street Wesleyan Church, which has been described as "one of the earliest and most substantial of the structures erected by the Wesleyan Methodists in the first two decades of settlement in Victoria". Building workers were associated with the pair of cottages at least until the 1930's. They have regional architectural significance as a remarkably intact pair of cottages, partly early, but illustrating the developing needs of one family over 50 years, with their various visible additions. Their unusual relationship to their site is of particular interest. They also evidence the settlement pattern of this part of Newtown 130 years ago.
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Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - City of Newtown Urban Conservation Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 1991
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KARDINIA HOUSEVictorian Heritage Register H0337
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EYTHORNEVictorian Heritage Register H1130
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GEELONG COLLEGEVictorian Heritage Register H0883
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