Residence
6 Garden Street, GEELONG EAST VIC 3219 - Property No 213659
City East Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
Significant
C Listed - Local Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
Statement of Cultural Significance The house at 6 Garden Street, Geelong, has significance as an intact ex&le of the Victorian Eclectic style. Built in 1886 to a design by the Geelong architect Albert Derrick for William Picken Carr, auctioneer, the house appears to be in good-fair condition when viewed from the street. The house at 6 Garden Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian Eclectic style. These qualities include the recessed hipped roof form, together with the rear hipped roof that projects at the sides, symmetrically-situated bay window pyramidal roofs that project towards the street frontage, and the return concave verandah that projects at the front and sides, and has a raised flat-roofed central portico. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the symmetrical composition, single storey height, slate roof cladding for the hipped roofs and Dr David Rowe Authentic Heritage Services Pty Ltd File No. 0936 Page GEELONG CITY C CITATIONS window bays, galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding for the return verandah, horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, four polychromatic brick chimneys with projecting corbelled tops, ventilation dormers, broad eaves with paired decorative timber brackets and moulded timber panels, round cast iron columns with cast iron pedestals and decorative capitals, decorative cast iron valances and brackets, central timber framed doorway with four panelled timber door and sidelights and highlights, projecting bays with timber framed double hung windows. The house at 6 Garden Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Geelong in the 1880s. In particular, this house has associations with William Picken Carr, auctioneer and original owner from 1886 until c.1910. Carr was the son of the founder of Carrs Real Estate in Geelong. The house also has associations with Thomas Dickson between 1910 and 1915, the founder of Dickson's Pharmacy in Geelong. The house has further associations with the Geelong architect, Albert Derrick. Overall, the house at 6 Garden Street is of LOCAL significance.
References
References Reports and Drainage Plans, Barwon Water profis system, 1917, 1933, 1936, 1989. Voters Roll, Barwon Ward, 1992, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Electoral Roll. Division Corio, Subdivision Geelong, 1984, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Sands & McDougalls Directory of Geelong, 1972, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Sands & McDougall "Invicta" Geelong Directory, 1968, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Geelong City Council Rate Books Bellerine Ward, 18851960, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Geelong Town Plan 1881, Geelong Historical Records Centre. D. Rowe, Architecture of Geelong 18601900, Bachelor of Architecture thesis, Deakin University, 1991. Dr David Rowe Authentic Heritage Services Pty Ltd File No. 0936 Page
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Residence - Physical Description 1
Description The house at 6 Garden Street, Geelong, is set on an averagesized allotment for the local area. It has a typical front setback of approximately 8 metres, with narrower side setbacks. The front garden consists of perimeter garden beds, exotic trees and grassed areas. The front is bound by an introduced steel mesh and hollow circular steel post and rail fence, approximately 1300 mm high. There are also two introduced gates with scrolled metal decoration at the top. The symmetrical, single storey, horizontal weatherboard, Victorian Eclectic styled house is characterised by a recessed hipped roof form, together with a rear hipped roof that projects at the sides, symmetricallysituated bay window pyramidal roofs that project towards the street frontage, and a return concave verandah that projects at the front and sides, and has a raised flatroofed central portico. The main roof forms are clad in early slate tiles, while the verandah has galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding. Four early polychromatic brick chimneys with projecting corbelled tops adorn the roofline, as do the ventilation dormers on the main roof. Broad overhangs with paired decorative timber brackets and moulded timber panels are features of the eaves. A significant feature of the design is the return verandah. It is supported by round cast iron columns on cast iron pedestals, and are adorned with decorative capitals. The verandah is adorned with decorative cast iron valances and brackets, forming archways near the main entrance. Under the verandah is an early central timber framed doorway with an early four panelled timber door and sidelights and highlights. Flanking the doorway are two early projecting bays with timber framed double hung windows.
Residence - Physical Description 2
Largely intact Victorian villa, symmetrical facade, weatherboard, hipped roof clad in slate with ventilating dormers, paired timber brackets (separated by panels) to eaves. Concave verandah with central portico, timber-framed (partly serrated) frieze with cast iron panels, tiled deck (new?). Timber bay windows, 6 panelled door with highlight & sidelights, polychromatic brick chimneys.
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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IRON STOREVictorian Heritage Register H0742
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