Residence
42 Fenwick Street, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No 213240
City East Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
C Listed - Local Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The house at 42 Fenwick Street, Geelong, has significance as part of an unusual pair of intact, interwar Spanish Mission Revival styled houses constructed in 1929. This house appears to be in fair condition when viewed from the street, with some wall cracks apparent on the front facade.
The house at 42 Fenwick Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original and unusual design qualities of an interwar Spanish Mission Revival style as part of a pair of houses that are linked by a shallow archway over the side driveway. These qualities also include the recessed hipped roof form, together with the projecting front gable and flat parapetted and arcaded loggia at the front. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, terra cotta roof tiles, roughcast brick wall construction, terra cotta tiled cappings to the front arcaded loggia and driveway arch, two tapered and roughcast brick chimneys, wide eaves, arched timber framed, multi-paned front window with a projecting decorative steel balconette balustrade, small arched timber framed multi-paned window, timber framed double hung windows behind the front arcaded loggia, and the terra cotta blockwork under the projecting gable. The rear roughcast garage with a terra cotta tiled capped parapet, roughcast front fence and the striking visual and stylistic associations with the house at 44 Fenwick Street also contribute to the significance of the place.
The house at 42 Fenwick Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Geelong during the interwar (1920s-1940s) period. In particular, this house has associations with William Davies, original owner from 1929 who was responsible for the design and construction of this and the neighbouring house at 44 Fenwick Street.
Overall, the house at 42 Fenwick Street is of LOCAL significance.
References
Drainage Plans and Reports, Barwon Water profis system, 1929, 1951, 1989.
Sands & McDougall Geelong Directory 1972, Geelong Historical Records Centre.
Sands & McDougall "Invicta" Geelong Directory 1968, Geelong Historical Records Centre.
Geelong City Council Rate Books (Kardinia Ward) 1923-1960, Geelong Historical Records Centre.
Geelong Town Plan 1923, Public Records Office of Victoria.
Removed from City Fringe Heritage Area (HO1639)
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Residence - Physical Description 1
Description
The house at 42 Fenwick Street, Geelong, is set on a contextually narrow allotment for the area. It forms part of an unusual pair of semi-detached houses linked by a shallow archway, with both houses sharing similar design and constructional characteristics of the interwar Spanish Mission Revival style, and similar front and side setbacks. The front garden of this house consists of perimeter flower beds and grassed areas. The front is bound by a white roughcast brick fence having a terra cotta brick top, and is approximately 1000 mm high. At the rear is a roughcast brick garage with a front parapet having a terra cotta tile capping.
The asymmetrical, single storey, roughcast brick, interwar Spanish Mission Revival styled house is characterised by a recessed hipped roof form, together with a projecting front gable and flat parapetted and arcaded loggia at the front. The roof forms are clad in terra cotta tiles, with the parapetted loggia and shallow archway over the side driveway also having a terra cotta tiled capping. Two early tapered and roughcast brick chimneys adorn the roofline. Wide overhangs are features of the eaves.
A feature of the design is the arched openings on the main facade. Under the projecting gable is an arched, timber framed, multi-paned window, and a projecting decorative steel balconette balustrade. The small arched opening has an early timber framed multi-paned window and introduced steel security grille. Beyond the arcaded loggia are other early timber framed double hung windows.
Another early feature of the design is the terra cotta blockwork under the projecting gable.
The building shows signs of lateral movement as evidenced in the wall cracks on the front facade.
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
Grading:Geelong City Fringe Heritage Area Review
Author: RBA Architects + Conservation Consultants
Year: 2018
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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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ST PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCHVictorian Heritage Register H0187
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