Upton's Shop & Residence
80 McKillop Street, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No 215859
City South Residential Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
C listed - Local significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The building at 80 McKillop Street, Geelong, has significance as a reasonably intact example of the Victorian Regency style for a commercial building. Although altered, the building was originally constructed in 1854-55 as an extension to William Upton's candle factory. In the early 20th century, the building served as the location of monumental mason business of David O'Connor.
The building at 80 McKillop Street, is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. Although partially altered, the building demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian Regency style. These qualities include the gabled hipped roof form of the main building, and its chamfered corner. Other intact or appropriate qualities of the main building include the two storey height, rendered brick wall construction, regularly arranged timber framed 12 paned first floor windows with rendered sills, narrow eaves, galvanised corrugated steel roof cladding, brick chimneys with rendered tops, and the corner ground floor door location. The rear single storey stepped wings with rendered brick wall construction, gabled roof forms clad in galvanised corrugated steel, narrow eaves and the single doorway also contribute to the significance of the place.
The building at 80 McKillop Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with William Upton's candle factory business from 1854-55, as it was at this time when he carried out extensions to his neighbouring two storey weatherboard and iron building. The building also has associations with John Daniel, prominent ironmonger (1888-c.1900) and later with David O'Connor, monumental mason (1915-c.1920).
Overall, the building at 80 McKillop Street is of LOCAL significance.
References
Drainage Plans and Reports, Barwon Water profis system, 1921, 1950, 1975, 1976, 1985.
Voters' Roll, Barwon Ward, 1992, Geelong Historical Records Centre.
Sands & McDougall Geelong Directory 1972, Geelong Historical Records Centre.
Sands & McDougall "Invicta" Geelong Directory 1968, Geelong Historical Records Centre.
Geelong City Council Rate Books (Barwon Ward) 1854-1960, Geelong Historical Records Centre.
Geelong Town Plan 1858, Geelong Historical Records Centre.
Conveyance Memorials 937/487, 10/352, and App. 68119, Land Titles Office, Marland House, Melbourne.
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Upton's Shop & Residence - Physical Description 1
Description
The building at 80 McKillop Street, Geelong, is set on a contextually small allotment for the local area. As a commercial building, this structure takes up the full width of the block and abuts the front boundary, although there appears to be some open space at the rear.
The asymmetrical, two storey, rendered brick, Victorian Regency styled building is characterised by a gabled and hipped roof form, and a chamfered corner that accentuates the corner location of the building. The roof form is clad in galvanised corrugated steel. Two early brick (now painted) chimneys with rendered and corbelled tops adorn the roofline. Narrow overhangs are features of the eaves.
On the first floor are regular bays of early timber framed 12 paned double hung windows with rendered sills (one window on the McKillop Street facade has been blocked up).
The ground floor openings appear to have been altered, with the introduction of arched timber framed openings and doors. The corner arched timber and glazed doorway may have replaced an original door opening in this location.
At the rear are early single storey, rendered brick wings with gable roof forms clad in galvanised corrugated steel. These wings abut the side boundary and are stepped, following the contours of the site. They also have narrow eaves and there is an early single doorway.
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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FORMER SCOTTISH CHIEFS HOTELVictorian Heritage Register H0662
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GEELONG TOWN HALLVictorian Heritage Register H0184
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