House at 51 Victoria Street
51 Victoria Street WILLIAMSTOWN, Hobsons Bay City
Victoria Street Heritage Precinct
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Statement of Significance
The house, constructed by Arthur J Maddock in 1917, at 51 Victoria Street, Williamstown.
How is it Significant?The house at 51 Victoria Street, Williamstown is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay.
Why is it Significant?Historically, it was closely associated with the locally important Maddock family. (AHC criterion H1)
Aesthetically, it is important as a locally rare example of an unusual design away from the mainstream of contemporary domestic architecture that hints at the developed Bungalow and Old English styles of the 1920s and 1930s whilst resembling more closely the earlier and contemporary American west coast houses (shingle style). It contributes to the historic character of Victoria Street. (AHC criteria B2, E1 and F1)
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House at 51 Victoria Street - Physical Description 1
The house at 51 Victoria Street, Williamstown is a distinctive attic-styled weatherboarded and rough-cast stucco residence with twin gabled dormers set into a steeply transverse gabled iron roof. Half-timbered gables, projecting eaves and rough-cast chimneys hint at the Queen Anne style and combine with deliberate, subtle asymmetry gained by the astutely positioned blank wall panel which has been pierced with an oculus to light the porch entrance. It is said that Maddock relocated this house from Footscray.
Displaying idiosyncrasies relative to the more common period forms around it, the house may be compared with the nearby 80 Victoria Street and 88 Railway Crescent (q.v.).
It has been altered in detail only (windows) and the front fence has been removed (probable square top, broad pickets).
House at 51 Victoria Street - Integrity
External Integrity and condition
Integrity - High. Condition - Good.
House at 51 Victoria Street - Physical Description 2
Context
The house is a prominent and contributory element in the historic interwar streetscape of Victoria Street.
House at 51 Victoria Street - Historical Australian Themes
Making Suburbs
House at 51 Victoria Street - Physical Description 3
Associations
Arthur J. Maddock, JL Newman
Heritage Study and Grading
Hobsons Bay - Hobsons Bay Heritage Study
Author: Hobsons Bay City Council
Year: 2006
Grading:
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FORMER PRESBYTERIAN MANSEVictorian Heritage Register H0229
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DRESSING PAVILIONVictorian Heritage Register H0927
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WILLIAMSTOWN BOTANIC GARDENSVictorian Heritage Register H1803
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