Residence
20 Bourke Crescent, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No 212364
City South-East Residential Area
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Statement of Significance
C Listed - Local Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The house at 20 Bourke Crescent, Geelong, has significance as a largely intact example of the Federation style and one of the best examples of decorative timberwork in the local area. Built in 1908 for the monumental mason, William Henry Wilcox to a design by the prolific Geelong architects, Laird and Barlow, the house is in good condition when viewed from the street.
The house at 20 Bourke Crescent is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a Federation style. These qualities include the central hipped roof form, together with the rear hipped roof, projecting gable roof at the front and the return bull-nosed verandah that projects at the front and side. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated steel roof cladding, unpainted brick and strapped chimneys with terra cotta pots, modest eaves with worked timber brackets, timber framed double hung windows including the projecting bay window at the front, timber framed doorway, and the decorative timber work to the front gable and return verandah including the turned timber verandah columns and the fretwork valances with the gable valance having stylised tulip motifs at its ends. The front garden also contributes to the significance of the place.
The house at 20 Bourke Crescent is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Geelong in the early 20th century. In particular, this house has associations with William Henry Wilcox, monumental mason and original owner from 1908. It also has associations with the prolific Geelong architects, Laird and Barlow.
Overall, the house at 20 Bourke Crescent is of LOCAL significance.
References
References Drainage plans and Reports, Barwon Water profis system, 1921, 1982. Voters Roll, Barwon Ward 1992, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Electoral Roll, Division Corio, Subdivision Geelong, 1984, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Sands amp McDougall Directory of Geelong 1972, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Sands amp McDougall "Invicta" Geelong Directory, 1968, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Geelong City Council Rate Books Barwon Ward, 19081960, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Dr David Rowe Authentic Heritage Services Pty Ltd File No. 0881 Page GEELONG CITY C CITATIONS Geelong Town Plan 1881, Geelong Historical Records Centre. L. Huddle, John Angus Lairds Architecture from 1890, private research database with references to the Contractors and Day Books of the Laird and Barlow and Laird and Buchan Architectural practice held at the Geelong Historical Records Centre, 1998. R. Aitken, Edwardian Geelong an architectural introduction, Elective 3, Architecture Division, Deakin University, 1979.
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Residence - Physical Description 1
The house at 20 Bourke Crescent, Geelong, is situated on an average-sized allotment for the local area. Located on a corner site, the house has a modest front setback and narrow side setbacks. The front garden is well landscaped with several perimeter plantings, flowers and shrubs. The front is bound by a low brick fence covered in creeper, and has a timber gate, the whole building approximately 1200 mm high. Towards the rear on the other street frontage is a timber paling fence, approximately 1700 mm high. The asymmetrical, single storey, horizontal weatherboard, Federation styled house is characterised by a central hipped roof form, together with a rear hipped roof, projecting gable roof at the front and a return bullnosed verandah that projects at the front and side. These roof forms are clad in galvanised corrugated steel. Three early unpainted brick and strapped chimneys with terra cotta pots adorn the roofline. Modest overhangs and worked timber brackets are features of the eaves. The early timber framed double hung windows are arranged as a projecting bay under the front gable, and as pairs or singularly about the other elevations. The timber framed doorway also appears to be early. A feature of the design is the decorative timber fretwork, with the turned timber verandah columns both the project gable verandah and return verandah, and the fretwork valances with the gable valance having stylised tulip motifs at its ends. The extent of the timber decoration at 20 Bourke Street makes it one of the best examples in Geelong.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Geelong City Urban Conservation Study, Volumes 2-5
Author: Graeme Butler
Year: 1991
Grading: CGreater Geelong - Geelong City Urban Conservation Study Volume 1
Author: Graeme Butler
Year: 1993
Grading: CGreater Geelong - Geelong City 'C' Citations Study
Author: Dr David Rowe
Year: 2002
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FORMER SCOTTISH CHIEFS HOTELVictorian Heritage Register H0662
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CORIO VILLAVictorian Heritage Register H0193
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MERCHISTON HALLVictorian Heritage Register H0192
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