Residence
17 Evans Street, BELMONT Vic 3216 - Property No 226162
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Statement of Significance
C Listed - Local Significance
The house at 17 Evans Street is aesthetically significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of the interwar Californian Bungalow style. These qualities include the gable roof form that traverses the site, together with a minor gable and verandah gable that project towards the street frontage. Other intact qualities include the weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, brick chimney, wide eaves and exposed rafters, timber framed double hung windows and projecting rectangular window bay with a tapered window hood, front timber and glazed door and side light, bevelled timber verandah beam and tall brick piers with concrete cappings, stepped, solid rendered balustrade with a concrete capping, and the gable shingling. The substantial garden contributes 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 17 Evans Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the Mount Pleasant Estate subdivision of 21 December, 1889. It is also associated with the Fraser family, original and long-time owners and occupiers.
Overall, the house at 17 Evans Street is of LOCAL significance.
REFERENCE
1. Shire of South Barwon Rate Books, 1925-26, 1926-27, 1928-29.
2. Sands & McDougall's Directory of Victoria, 1934, 1957, 1972.
3. Mount Pleasant Estate Subdivision plan, 21 December, 1889, Geelong Historical Records Centre.
4. Drainage Plans & Inspectors' Reports, 1929, Barwon Water Profis system.
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Residence - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTION
The site at 17 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 a typical front and wide side setback, due to the double block. These setbacks are shown on the 1929 GWST Plan of Drainage.4 A timber picket fence (of Edwardian design), approximately 1300mm high, forms the front boundary. A substantial garden in the front yard may also be early.The asymmetrical, single storey weatherboard interwar Californian Bungalow house is characterised by a gable roof form that traverses the site, together with a minor gable and verandah gable that project towards the street frontage. These roof forms are clad in galvanised corrugated iron. An early brick chimney adorns the roofline. Wide overhangs and exposed rafters are features of the eaves. The early timber framed double hung windows are arranged in horizontal banks of three? along the street facade. The windows under the south gable form a rectangular bay and have a tapered window hood over. The front timber and glazed door and side light appear to be early.A feature of the design is the projecting verandah gable. It is supported by a bevelled timber beam and tall brick piers with concrete cappings. A stepped, solid rendered balustrade with a concrete capping forms the verandah boundary.Early decorative features of the design include the verandah elements and the gable shingling.
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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