Residence
72 Britannia Street, GEELONG WEST VIC 3218 - Property No 206393
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Statement of Significance
A Listed - State Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
Historically, 72 Brittania Street is very important to the City of Geelong West as one of very few houses remaining form Kildare's industrious period of the 1840's and 1850's. It was a substantial dwelling for the low socio-economic population of the 1850's and 1860's. The Morrow family and the Armstrong family were both very early residents in this part of Geelong West and they were both occupants of this house for long periods of time. It is of State significance.
References
Taylor's 1854 map of Little Scotland, Ashby and portion of Kildare
Higgins Collection, Solicitor's Index. GHRC.
Villamanta Ward Rate Books and Valuation Books, 1854 to 1859-60.
Thomson Ward Rate Books, 1863-4 to 1875.
Borough of Geelong West Rate Books, 1875-6 to 1908-9.
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Residence - Physical Description 1
A single storey building set close to the street frontage, it is built of bricks, timber and has a hipped roof with a projecting gable. The east elevation is unusual in that it is built of brick with three recessed panels extending form the ground to the eaves, the central panel being considerably wider than those either side. The two projecting panels have long windows sharply cut into them. Above the windows are brick voussoirs. (One of these windows has been bricked up). All the brickwork has been painted a pale green colour. Part of the front elevations is built of brick with a window and a door places asymmetrically to the east. A verandah (a later addition) covers this brick section. Projecting from the western most side of the front elevation is a weatherboard gable-end room. This is probably an addition from the 1880's. The whole length of the western elevation is constructed in timber. The decramastic tiles on the roof are a recent alteration.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - City of Geelong West Urban Conservation Study
Author: Huddle, Aitken and Honman
Year: 1986
Grading:
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FORMER HARP INNVictorian Heritage Register H0585
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ST ELMOVictorian Heritage Register H1180
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HOLY SPIRIT CHURCHVictorian Heritage Register H1110
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