Residence
11 Mt Pleasant Road, BELMONT Vic 3216 - Property No 233586
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Statement of Significance
C LISTED - LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE
The house at 11 Mount Pleasant Road 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 verandah gable that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact qualities include the weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, two corbelled brick chimneys with terra cotta pots, wide eaves and exposed rafters, timber framed double hung windows arranged as horizontal banks of three, double timber and glazed front doors, window leadlighting, gable infill brackets and the gable ventilator. The house also makes a significant contribution to the residential and commercial streetscape.
The house at 11 Mount Pleasant Road is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the Gibson subdivision of 1919-20.
Overall, the house at 11 Mount Pleasant Road is of LOCAL significance.
REFERENCE
1. Shire of South Barwon Rate Books, 1919-20, 1920-21, 1921-22, 1923-24, 1925-26, 1927-28.
2. Sands and McDougall's Directory of Victoria, 1934, 1957, 1972.
3. Drainage Plans and Inspectors' Reports, 1927, Barwon Water Profis system.
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Residence - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTIONS
The site at 11 Mount Pleasant Road has visual connections with the Belmont Common to the east. This house is set in a streetscape of mixed styles of residential and commercial buildings. This house is similar in type and materials with others visually connected to it. The house has a typical setback to the front and side setbacks, with a driveway along the side. These setbacks are shown on the 1927 GWST Plan of Drainage. The site is bound at the front by a rendered retained wall with a woven wire fence above, the total being approximately 1500mm high.
The asymmetrical, single storey, weatherboard interwar Californian Bungalow house is characterised by a gable roof form that traverses the site, together with a verandah gable that projects towards the street frontage. These roof forms are clad in galvanised corrugated iron. Two early corbelled brick chimneys with terra cotta pots adorn the roofline. Wide overhangs and exposed rafters are feature of the eaves. The early timber framed double hung windows are arranged as horizontal banks of three along the street facade. The double timber and glazed front doors also appear to be early.
A feature of the design is the projecting verandah gable. It is supported by recent timber posts.
Early decorative features of the design include the window leadlighting, gable infill brackets and the gable ventilator.
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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