Residence
6a Villamanta Street, GEELONG WEST VIC 3218 - Property No 211094
Great Western Road
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Statement of Significance
Contributory Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE:
Together with No 8 and No 10 McNicol Street these cottages are part of the earliest building stock which once made up Little Scotland. They are significant in that they are the only dissimilar attached cottages known in Geelong West. They are of regional significance.
REFERENCES:
Taylor's 1854 of Little Scotland, Ashby and portion of Kildare.
Thomson Ward Rate Books, 1863-4, 1870-1, 1874-5.
Villamanta Ward Rate Books, 1854, 1855-6, 1959-60.
Villamanta Ward Rate Books, 1853, 1854-5.
The Morrow Pioneers Index. GHRC
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Residence - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTION
The cottages at 68 Villamanta Street are attached but dissimilar gabled roof residences. Number 8 has an eastern extension built on along the frontage mak ing i the larger of the two. They are constructed of face brickwork now painted, whilst No.6 has the added sophistication of quoining in render around the windows and door. Number 8 retains its twelve pane sash windows. Both verandahs appear to be later additions. These cottages are typical of the early dwellings of simple vernacular architectural style, wh ich once would have been common in Geelong West.
Heritage Study and 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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