Drumcondra and Rippleside H.A.
Drumcondra and Rippleside H.A.
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Statement of Significance
The Drumcondra area has a distinctive early 20th century residential character, which has been well maintained. The area contains a high proportion of its original buildings in good condition, enhanced by garden settings and street tree planting. The area is characterised by average to large allotments with the construction of either larger weatherboard, red or clinker brick Edwardian or Californian Bungalow period homes with terra-cotta and corrugated iron roofs. The allotment sizes allow generous side setbacks and substantial frontage setbacks with medium height fences constructed in timber. The houses have complex building forms and rich ornamental detail mainly executed in timber.
This Heritage Area is an exclusive detached house residential area with a network of rear lanes servicing every allotment and including bluestone crossovers and drainage works. The grid subdivision pattern is interrupted by Lunan House (circa 1850) and the adjoining public park which are a focus to both Lunan Avenue and Beach Parade.
The two heritage areas are separated by Rippleside Park and two local streets Bell Parade and Liverpool Street.
The Rippleside area located to the north of Rippleside Park has a significant concentration of Edwardian detached timber housing with some earlier Victorian examples together with later Bungalow timber houses. The area was first subdivided by Melbourne Auctioneer, James. B. Hutton in the mid 1890's. Similar to Drumcondra the heritage area is exclusively single detached residential area but located on smaller allotments, although architectural design of the houses is not as elaborate or grand as those located to the south of Rippleside Park. The houses are traditionally workers cottages, which served the expanding manufacturing area located to the north of the City.
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Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - City of Geelong West Urban Conservation Study
Author: Huddle, Aitken and Honman
Year: 1986
Grading:Greater Geelong - Geelong City Urban Conservation Study
Author: Graeme Butler
Year: 1993
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LUNAN HOUSEVictorian Heritage Register H0673
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FORMER HARP INNVictorian Heritage Register H0585
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RIPPLESIDE UNIDENTIFIED PIER PILESVictorian Heritage Inventory
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