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House at 64-70 North Road
64-70 North Road NEWPORT, Hobsons Bay City
Grindlay's Estate Heritage Precinct

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House at 64-70 North Road NEWPORT, Hobsons Bay Heritage Study 2006
House at 64-70 North Road NEWPORT, Hobsons Bay Heritage Study 2006
House at 64-70 North Road NEWPORT, Hobsons Bay Heritage Study 2006
House at 64-70 North Road NEWPORT, Hobsons Bay Heritage Study 2006 - No 64
House at 64-70 North Road NEWPORT, Hobsons Bay Heritage Study 2006 - No 66
House at 64-70 North Road NEWPORT, Hobsons Bay Heritage Study 2006 - No 68
House at 64-70 North Road NEWPORT, Hobsons Bay Heritage Study 2006 - No 70
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Statement of Significance

What is Significant?

The terrace, constructed c.1915, at 64-70 North Road, Newport.

How is it Significant?

The terrace at 64-70 North Road, Newport is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay.

Why is it Significant?

Historically, it demonstrates the significant residential growth that occurred in the Newport area during the Federation and Edwardian eras as a consequence of the expansion of local industry. (AHC criteria A4 and D2)

Aesthetically, it is significant as a representative example of a well-detailed Edwardian terrace. Terrace housing forms are rare in the municipality and this is the only example from the Edwardian period. It contributes to the historic character of the Grindlay's Estate precinct. (AHC criteria B2 and E1)

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    • Physical Description 1

      House at 64-70 North Road - Physical Description 1

      The terrace at 64-70 North Road, Newport comprises four single-storey, symmetrical double-fronted attached Edwardian houses with transverse gabled Marseilles patterned terracotta tiled roofs. They are set back from North Road by a garden, except for no. 64 which has had its garden replaced with a car parking space. Significant elements include:

      - The unusual double fronted terrace form

      - The casement windows flanking the central entrance doorway at No.70

      - Verandahs with later corrugated galvanised steel roofs supported by timber posts with simple carved brackets

      - Brick wing walls with rendered cappings

      - Red brick chimneys with rendered cap and terracotta pots

      - Decorative half timbered gable on all houses

      No. 70 is the most intact. Others have suffered varying degrees of modification. The carspace at No. 64 is particularly intrusive.

      Integrity

      House at 64-70 North Road - Integrity

      External Integrity and condition

      Integrity - Moderate. Condition - Good.

      Physical Description 2

      House at 64-70 North Road - Physical Description 2

      ContextAn uncommon form (terrace), but related in terms of its era to surrounding Federation and Interwar residential development.

      Historical Australian Themes

      House at 64-70 North Road - Historical Australian Themes

      Making Suburbs

      Physical Description 3

      House at 64-70 North Road - Physical Description 3

      AssociationsUnknown.

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Hobsons Bay - Hobsons Bay Heritage Study

      Author: Hobsons Bay City Council
      Year: 2006
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