"Minerva"
25 Wellington Street, GEELONG WEST VIC 3218 - Property No 211529
Waterloo Precinct
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Statement of Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
25 Wellington Street appears to have been constructed in stages and this is reflected in the unusual design. James King (contractor) lived on the premises from about 1867 until about 1900 and the adjoining lane appears to have been named after him.
References
Thomson Ward Rate Books, 1864-5, 1867-8, 1874, 1875
Borough of Geelong West Rate Books, 1875-6, 1878-9, 1884-5, 1889-90, 1895-6, 1900-1
PFB Alsop, Pollocksford Bridge', in Investigator, Vol 15, No. 1, p27
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"Minerva" - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTION
Set close to the boundaries it appears to be a single storey brick building which has been rendered to represent ashlar. It has a high and complex hip roof which reflects its staged development and this is clad in corrugated iron. The . substantial chimney is also rendered and may have been constructed and/or rendered during the 1870s additions. A room on the east side projects closer to the front i boundary and has a higher ceiling level than the rooms on the west side. It is unclear without further investigation which section was built first but it is suggest ed that it was the section witthe lower ceiling level as this would be more common on a modest three room house. This is the west side of the building and itIis built on the boundary of Kings Lane .
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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IRON STOREVictorian Heritage Register H0742
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ST PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCHVictorian Heritage Register H0187
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GEELONG RAILWAY STATIONVictorian Heritage Register H1604
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