Dwelling - Chipstable
20 Nantes Street NEWTOWN, GREATER GEELONG CITY
Newtown West
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Statement of Significance
Contributory Significance- Newtown West Heritage Area
History/Notes
The property at 20 Nantes Street formed part of the 'Newtown Brae' Estate subdivision of 1912. In 1925, Title was transferred to Miss Florence Royce. She sold the site in 1926 to M.J. Denno, a local builder. He constructed this dwelling at that time and sold it in 1927 to Mrs Mary J. Kendall a widow. She lived there until 1943.
Born in America in c.1866, Mrs Mary Kendall (nee Cockbain) was the daughter of Robert and Margaret (nee Dewar) Cockbain. With her husband, Joseph Kendall and their children, Joseph Robert, Florence Adeline and Annie Catherine, she emigrated from Roslyn, Kittitas County, Washington, U. S.A., in 1898. Joseph Kendall took up mining at Outtrim following the opening up of the coal fields in the mid 1890s. Joseph Kendall died in 1902, aged 41, following an illness. At this time, Mrs Kendall lived in St. Kilda, and presumably she remained there until she relocated to Nantes Street.
Original design features of the timber interwar Bungalow styled dwelling are especially identified from the front. They include the main gabled roof form, hipped roof comprising a front verandah, the projecting minor gabled wing (with a flat-roofed faceted bay window) and the minor gabled roof that projects on the east side. Other features applicable to the interwar Bungalow design include the roof tiles, brick chimney, broad eaves with exposed timber rafters, timber framed double hung windows, gable infill, brick verandah piers with square paired timber posts, brick verandah balustrade and the front timber framed doorway. The gabled dormers on the side roof faces appear to reflect the addition of 1992. Further alterations were undertaken in 2004 and 2005 including the garage. At the front is a high introduced fence comprising stone piers and plinth, and flat timber picketed bays and gates.
References:
Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages Indexes, Dept. of Justice.
Newtown Rate Books, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1935, 1943, 1944, Geelong Library & Heritage Centre.
Newtown Building Permit, 1926, City of Greater Geelong.
Newtown Brae Estate subdivision plan, 1912, maps & plans collection N10, Geelong Library & Heritage Centre.
Building Permits 2712/1992, 6914/1994, 1858/2004, 1620/2005, City of Greater Geelong.
Robert J. Kendall, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial website.
Joseph Kendall, Probate Administration files, 1902, VPRS 28/P0 Unit 1269 PROV.
The Age, 23 December 1902, p.1, 13 February 1906.
Certificate of Title vol. 5041 fol. 046.
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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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