Dwelling
10 Stephen Street NEWTOWN, GREATER GEELONG CITY
Newtown West
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Statement of Significance
Contributory Significance- Newtown West Heritage Area
History/Notes
The dwelling at 10 Stephen Street was built by M.J. Denno in 1936 as the retirement residence of Canon Alfred Wheeler and his wife, Fanny (nee Polhill).
Alfred Wheeler was born in Stoke, Newington, London, on 27 October 1865, the son of Elijah Wheeler, a bedding manufacturer, and his wife, Harriet Elizabeth (nee Priest). He was educated at the Stamford Hill Grammar School and the City of London School, and from 1885 at St. John's College, Cambridge. During his University years he sang bass in Dr Garrett's choir and he was one of the second violins in the University Orchestra. Following his graduation in 1888, he was ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Durham in 1890, serving as Curate in the Parish of St. James, West Hartlepool, Diocese of Durham in 1890-91. He emigrated to Adelaide in 1891 where he became Priest in charge to the South-East Mission at Penola and subsequently at Naracoorte. Following his marriage to Fanny Polhill in 1892, Wheeler was appointed Incumbent of Strathalbyn and Macclesfield in 1895. At Strathalbyn, he formed the Strathalbyn Choral Union as well as being an energetic pastor. His musical talents led him to take up the appointed as Precentor and a Minor Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne in 1899. In 1908, he became Incumbent of All Saints' Church, Newtown, where he remained until his retirement. Canon Wheeler lived at 10 Stephen Street until his death in 1949.
The brick dwelling at 10 Stephen Street is an intact example of the late interwar Bungalow, with its L-planned layout comprising tiled hipped roof forms, brick chimneys, projecting flat-roofed rectangular window bay at the front, and timber framed double hung windows. At the rear are skillion additions.
References:
Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages Indexes, Dept. of Justice
Certificate of Title, vol. 2785, fol. 924.
Newtown Rate Books, 1936, 1937, 1940, Geelong Library & Heritage Centre.
Newtown Building Permit, 24 April 1936, City of Greater Geelong.
Strathalbyn Anglicans: The Rev Alfred Wheeler online at http: //strathalbynanglicans.org.au/history/rectors-of-the-parish/the- revd-alfred-wheeler
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Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Newtown West Heritage Review 2016
Author: D. Rowe & W. Jacobs
Year: 2016
Grading:
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THE HEIGHTSVictorian Heritage Register H0429
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FORMER SHEARERS ARMS HOTELVictorian Heritage Register H0661
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SACRED HEART CONVENT AND COLLEGEVictorian Heritage Register H0555
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