Residence
142 Gheringhap Street, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No 213904
City South Residential Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
C Listed - Local Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The house at 142 Gheringhap Street, Geelong, has significance as a moderately intact example and unusually surviving example of a mid19th century Victorian style. Built in 1858 as a residence with workshop for Edward Morris, the house appears to be in fair condition when viewed from the street. The house at 142 Gheringhap Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. Although partially altered, the house still demonstrates original design qualities of a rudimentary Victorian style. These qualities include the rectangular building form and the hipped roof clad in slate tiles. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the two storey height, brick wall construction but not the over-painting, two large brick chimneys with multi-corbelled tops, narrow eaves, single shallow-arched timber framed window openings and the timber framed double hung windows, front side doorway with transom window above, rear single storey gabled addition with a galvanised corrugated iron roof, narrow eaves and elongated brick chimney, and the rear outbuilding visible from the western boundary with its simple gable roof form clad in galvanised corrugated iron and with horizontal weatherboard wall cladding. The house at 142 Gheringhap Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It has associations with residential developments in Geelong in the mid 19th century. In particular, this house has associations with Edward Morris, original owner from 1858. He had the house and a workshop constructed at that time. Overall, the house at 142 Gheringhap Street is of LOCAL significance.
References
References Reports and Drainage Plans, Barwon Water profis system, 1919, 1953, 1962. Sands & McDougalls Directory of Geelong, 1972, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Sands amp McDougall "Invicta" Geelong Directory, 1968, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Geelong City Council Rate Books Kardinia Ward, 18571960. Geelong Town Plan 1858, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Dr David Rowe Authentic Heritage Services Pty Ltd File No. 0949 Page
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Residence - Physical Description 1
The house at 142 Gheringhap Street, Geelong, is set on the east boundary of a large corner allotment corner of Gheringhap and Maud Streets. To the south of the house is a large yard bound by a timber paling fence approximately 1700 mm high. The house has a modest front setback and the front is bound by a capped timber picket fence and gate that are approximately 1200 mm high. The two storey, brick now painted, rudimentary Victorian styled house is characterised by a simple rectangular building form having a hipped roof clad in early slate tiles. Two early, large brick chimneys with multi-corbelled tops adorn the roofline. Like the brick wall construction, these chimneys have introduced paintwork. Narrow overhangs are features of the eaves. The building has early single, shallow-arched timber framed windows openings on each of the elevations, with timber framed double hung windows and masonry sills. The front side doorway is also early and has an early blocked up transom window and introduced door. At the front is also an unsympathetic, introduced painted brick parapet wall that projects towards the street frontage. At the rear is an early, single storey gabled addition with a galvanised corrugated iron roof. It has narrow eaves and is adorned with an early elongated brick chimney now painted. Behind the rear single storey wing is an early gabled outbuilding visible from the rear western boundary. It has a simple gable roof form clad in galvanised corrugated iron and has horizontal weatherboard wall cladding. The site also has some introduced additions and outbuildings. The single storey flat-roofed southern wing of the two storey house with fibro cement walls and timber framed windows is a introduced addition. There
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:
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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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ANZ BANKVictorian Heritage Register H0191
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