Residence
10 Evans Street, BELMONT VIC 3216 - Property No 319221
Evans Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
C Listed - Local Significance
The house at 10-12 Evans Street is aesthetically significant at a LOCAL level. Although the house has undergone some alterations, it still demonstrates original design qualities of the Federation style. These qualities include the central, dominant hipped roof form, together with gable and hipped roofs that project to the sides, and a recessed return verandah under the main roof.. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the tall corbelled brick chimney, wide eaves, timber framed double hung windows, front timber door with sidelight , worked timber verandah posts, brackets and valance, and the decorative gable infill (stucco work and battening). The front fence and hedge contribute to the significance of the place. The house also contributes to the predominantly single storey weatherboard Edwardian and interwar Californian Bunglow streetscape.
The house at 10-12 Evans Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the Montrose Estate subdivision of 3 December, 1887.
Overall, the house at 10-12 Evans Street is of LOCAL significance.
REFERENCE
1. Shire of South Barwon Rate Books, 1912-13, 1913-14, 1917-18, 1919-20, 1924-25, 1927-28, 1928-29.
2. Sands & McDougall's Directory of Victoria, 1934, 1957, 1972.
3. Montrose Estate Subdivision plan, 3 December, 1887, Geelong Historical Records Centre.
4. Drainage Plans & Inspectors' Reports, 1928-93, Barwon Water Profis system.
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Residence - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTION
The site at 10-12 Evans Street has visual connections with the tree-lined streetscape and a significant view of the Grovedale hill to the south. The house is set in a streetscape of predominantly single storey weatherboard Edwardian and interwar Californian Bungalow houses. This house has typical front setback but a wide side setback, due the double block. These setbacks are shown on the 1928 GWST Plan of Drainage. A recent timber picket fence (of Victorian design), approximately 1300mm high, forms the front and side boundary, while an early hedge is situated behind the Evans Street boundary fence.
The asymmetrical, single storey weatherboard Federation style house is characterised by a central, dominant hipped roof form, together with gable and hipped roofs that project to the sides, and a recessed return verandah under the main roof. These roof forms appear to be clad in corrugated colorbond. An early, tall corbelled brick chimney adorns the roofline. Wide overhangs are a feature of the eaves. The early timber framed double hung windows are arranged in pairs under the gables and as single windows at the corner under the verandah. The front timber door with sidelight appears to be early.
A feature of the design is the returned verandah between the projecting gables. It is formed under the projection of the major hipped roof and is supported by recent but appropriate worked timber posts and brackets. A recent but appropriate timber fretwork valance adorns the verandah. Early decorative features of the design include the gable stucco work - the battening is appropriate although recent.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - City of Greater Geelong Belmont Heritage Reports
Author: Dr David Rowe
Year: 2007
Grading: C
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