Residence
16 Lonsdale Street, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No 214877
City South Residential Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
C Listed - Local Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The house at 16 Lonsdale Street, South Geelong, has significance as a reasonably externally intact example of the Late Victorian Picturesque style. Built between 1893 and 1896 possibly for David Moir, the house has been restored and redecorated, and appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street.
The house at 16 Lonsdale Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a Late Victorian Picturesque style. These qualities include the hipped roof form, together with the gable roof and convex verandah that project towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, two rendered brick chimneys with projecting cornices and terra cotta pots, narrow eaves with worked timber brackets and decorative panels, timber framed double hung tripartite window with a projecting moulded timber window head, timber framed double hung windows, timber framed front doorway with sidelights and highlights, turned timber verandah columns, decorative verandah valances, worked timber bargeboards on the front gable and the turned timber finial. The front timber picket fence and gate also contribute to the significance of the place.
The house at 16 Lonsdale Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in South Geelong from the late 19th century. In particular, this house has associations with David Moir, a teacher and possibly the original owner from c.1893.
Overall, the house at 16 Lonsdale Street is of LOCAL significance.
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Residence - Physical Description 1
The house at 16 Lonsdale Street, South Geelong, is set on a long, narrow allotment. The front setback is consistent with the neighbouring houses visually connected to it. The front consists of a cottage garden of flowers and shrubs and a brick path. The front is bound by a timber picket fence and gate, approximately 1200 mm high.
The asymmetrical, single storey, horizontal weatherboard, Late Victorian Picturesque styled house is characterised by a hipped roof form, together with a gable roof and convex verandah that project towards the street frontage. These roof forms are clad in galvanised corrugated iron. Two early rendered brick chimneys with projecting cornices and terra cotta pots adorn the roofline. Narrow overhangs with worked timber brackets and decorative panels are features of the eaves.
Under the front gable is an early timber framed double hung tripartite window. It is crowned by a projecting timber window mould supported by timber brackets with decorative panels between. The other timber framed double hung windows of the house are also early, as is the timber framed front doorway with sidelights and highlights.
A feature of the design is the front verandah. It is supported by introduced turned timber columns and is decorated by verandah valances simulating elaborate cast iron.
Other early decorative features of the design include the worked timber bargeboards on the front gable and the turned timber finial.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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IRON STOREVictorian Heritage Register H0742
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