House at 75 The Strand
75 The Strand NEWPORT, Hobsons Bay City
The Strand Heritage Precinct
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Statement of Significance
The house, constructed in 1886, at 75 The Strand, Newport.
How is it Significant?The house at 75 The Strand, Newport is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay.
Why is it Significant?Historically, it is significant as one of a small number of surviving nineteenth century villas that illustrate the earliest phase of development of The Strand. (AHC criteria A4 and G1)
Aesthetically, it is significant as an intact and locally rare example of an asymmetrical Italianate villa, which is notable for the locally uncommon details such as the canted bay window and the paired verandah posts. It contributes to the small group of similarly styled and sited dwellings in this part of The Strand. (AHC criteria B2 and E1)
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House at 75 The Strand - Physical Description 1
The house at 75 The Strand, Newport is a single-storey, asymmetrical block-fronted Italianate villa with a hipped corrugated galvanised steel roof. The house is sited diagonal to the street boundary and is set back from it by a garden. Other significant original elements include:
- The distinctive asymmetrical Italianate villa form
- Bracketed eaves, bi-chromatic brick chimneys
- Canted bay window
- Tripartite double-hung sash window
- The elevated siting on a bluestone plinth
- Entrance door with side and highlights
- Cast iron and timber verandah with skillion corrugated galvanised steel roof carried on paired posts.
House at 75 The Strand - Integrity
External Integrity and condition
Integrity - High. Condition - Good.
House at 75 The Strand - Physical Description 2
Context
Part of a group of nineteenth Victorian era maritime villas on The Strand.
House at 75 The Strand - Historical Australian Themes
Making Suburbs
House at 75 The Strand - Physical Description 3
Associations
Thomas Rogers.
Heritage Study and Grading
Hobsons Bay - Hobsons Bay Heritage Study
Author: Hobsons Bay City Council
Year: 2006
Grading:
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MANDALAYVictorian Heritage Register H0232
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PRINCE ALBERT HOTELVictorian Heritage Register H1793
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PARSONS BOATSHED, SLIPWAY AND JETTYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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"1890"Yarra City
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"AMF Officers" ShedMoorabool Shire
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"AQUA PROFONDA" SIGN, FITZROY POOLVictorian Heritage Register H1687
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