Residence
34 Hope Street, GEELONG WEST VIC 3218 - Property No 208683
Waterloo Precinct
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![GWST Fieldbook, no. 33, p.59, 31 Jan 1912 (left property). GWST Fieldbook, no. 33, p.59, 31 Jan 1912 (left property).](https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/vhd-images/places/000/130/960.jpg)
Statement of Significance
LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE - INCLUDED IN HERITAGE PRECINCT
34 Hope Street is a conservative style of building for its period of construction circa 1885. It has a particularly interesting valance of timber fretwork. It is of local significance.
Reference
Borough of Geelong West Rate Books, 1883-4, 1889-90, 1895-6, 1900-1.
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Residence - Physical Description 1
The single storey timber house is clad in weatherboards and the concave verandah and hipped roof are clad in corrugated iron. There is a central front door and double-hung window on either side. There is a rendered chimney towards the west side of the house. Of particular interest is the decorative timber fretwork valance ont he verandah. It is very, very similar to a verandah valance on a house on the west side of Fenwick Street, Geelong, (between the Gordon Institute and Ryrie Street). Overall the design of the building is conservative for its period of construction.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - City of Geelong West Urban Conservation Study
Author: Huddle, Aitken and Honman
Year: 1986
Grading:Greater Geelong - Ashby Heritage Review
Author: D Rowe and W Jacobs
Year: 2010
Grading:
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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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IRON STOREVictorian Heritage Register H0742
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