House at 88 North Road
88 North Road NEWPORT, Hobsons Bay City
Grindlay's Estate Heritage Precinct
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Statement of Significance
The house, constructed c.1940, at 88 North Road, Newport.
How is it Significant?The house at 88 North Road, Newport is of local aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay.
Why is it Significant?Aesthetically, it is significant as a locally rare example of a house in the Moderne style, which is demonstrated by detailing including the projecting bay with curved walls and corner windows, the curved pediment above the porch, waterfall chimney and the roof concealed behind a parapet. It is complemented by a low brick fence. (AHC criteria B2 and E1)
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House at 88 North Road - Physical Description 1
A single-storey, asymmetrical detached cream brick house in the Moderne style with a hipped tiled roof that is set back from the street boundary by a garden. There is an attached single car garage at one side. Significant elements include:
- Curved brick parapets
- Corner steel frame windows
- Waterfall style brick chimney
- Brick planter boxes beneath windows
- Steel street number signage
- Low cream brick fence and steel gate (probably contemporary with the house)
Curved porch with steel posts
House at 88 North Road - Integrity
External Integrity and condition
Integrity - High. Condition - Good.
House at 88 North Road - Physical Description 2
Context
Although stylistically unrelated to surrounding houses, it contributes to a precinct of predominantly Federation and Interwar housing.
House at 88 North Road - Historical Australian Themes
Making Suburbs
House at 88 North Road - Physical Description 3
Associations
Unknown
Heritage Study and Grading
Hobsons Bay - Hobsons Bay Heritage Study
Author: Hobsons Bay City Council
Year: 2006
Grading:
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FORMER NEWPORT RAILWAY WORKSHOPSVictorian Heritage Register H1000
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GREENWICH PIERVictorian Heritage Inventory
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OLD YARRA RIVER COURSE STONE EMBANKMENTSVictorian Heritage Inventory
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