Residence
5 Herd Road, BELMONT Vic 3216 - Property No 228886
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Statement of Significance
C Listed - Local Significance
The house at 5 Herd Road is aesthetically significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstates original design qualities of the Edwardian style. These qualities include the galvanised corrugated iron hipped roof, together with a gable and concave verandah that project towards the street frontage. Other intact qualities include the two corbelled brick chimneys, timber framed double hung windows, window hood supported by worked timber brackets, decorative cast iron lace verandah valance, gable bargeboards and ironwork, gable finial, and the paired worked timber eaves brackets with decorative patterns between. The house makes a significant contribution to the predominantly Edwardian and interwar Californian Bungalow precinct.
The house at 5 Herd Road is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with Edward Wilks Gibson, original owner, who was President of the Shire of South Barwon in 1896-97.
Overall, the house at 5 Herd Road is of LOCAL significance.
REFERENCE
1. Shire of South Barwon Rate Books, 1905-06, 1906-07, 1909-10, 1912-13, 1913-14, 1914-15, 1917-18,1918-19, 1919-20, 1920-21, 1921-22, 1922-23, 1926-27, 1927-28, 1929-30.
2. Sands & McDougall's Directory of Victoria, 1934, 1957, 1972.
3. Drainage Plans and Inspectors' Reports, 1930, Barwon Water Profis system.
4. N. Houghton, Geelong: 150 Years of Community Leadership 1849-1999, City of Greater Geelong, Geelong, 1999.
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Residence - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTION
The site at 5 Herd Road is situated in a predominantly postwar housing streetscape. It has a shorter front and west side setback, with a driveway along the east side. These setbacks are shown on the 1930 GWST Plan of Drainage. A recent but appropriate timber picket fence, approximately 1300mm high, forms the front boundary.
The asymmetrical, single storey weatherboard Edwardian style house is characterised by a recessed, dominant hipped roof, together with a gable and concave verandah that project towards the street frontage. These roof forms are clad in galvanised corrugated iron. Two early corbelled brick chimneys adorn the roofline. The early timber framed double hung windows are arranged as a pair under the projecting gable and as a single window under the verandah. The paired windows have a window hood over, supported by worked timber brackets.
A feature of the design is the front verandah. It is supported by recent? timber posts with early? decorative cast iron lace valances between.
Apart from the verandah elements, early decorative features of the design include the gable bargeboards and ironwork, gable finial, paired worked timber eaves brackets with decorative patterns between.
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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