Residence
22 Regent Street Belmont, BELMONT Vic 3216 - Property No 236440
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Statement of Significance
SIGNIFICANCE STATUS - D LISTED
The house at 22 Regent Street is aesthetically significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of the interwar Old English style which include the picturesque arrangement of gable roof forms, with a dominant traversing gable and two minor gables projecting perpendicular to it. Other intact qualities include the prominent and wide rectangular chimney with its curving lower section, curved verandah porch, brick corbelling at the gable ends, brick patterning on the walls and chimney, and the timber framed windows. The front garden and fence contribute to the significance of the place. The building also makes a significant contribution to the predominantly single storey residential streetscape.
The house at 22 Regent Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the housing developments in Belmont during the interwar period.
Overall, the house at 22 Regent Street is a LOCAL significance.
REFERENCE
1. Shire of South Barwon Rate Books, 1947-48, 1955-56.
2. Sands and McDougall's Directory of Victoria, 1956.
3. Interview by Rowe and Huddle with Mr Eric Lyons, retired Geelong builder, 3 March, 1999.
4. Drainage Plans and Inspector's Reports, 1948, Barwon Water Profis system.
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Residence - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTION
The site at 22 Regent Street has a significant view of the Barwon River aqueduct to east and is visually connected to the Belmont Fire Station and corner shop to the eastern end of Regent Street, the Uniting Church site to the south and the Anglican Church to the north-west. The house is set in a predominantly single storey residential streetscape, denoted by brick and timber houses with pitched roofs of different styles and periods. The house has typical front and side setbacks, with a driveway along the side. These setbakcs are shown on the 1948 GWST Plan of Drainage. The site may have its original garden layout, and the appropriate, low, solid brick fence (approximately 1000mm high) forms the front boundary.
The two storey (second storey in roof space) face brick, interwar Old English style house is characterised by a picturesque arrangement of steeply pitched and tiled gable roof forms. The main gable traverses the site but it is the two minor gables which project perpendicular to this that are a feature of the front asymmetrical elevation. A long skillion dormer type window projects from the secondary dominant gable at the rear (north), which appears to be recent construction. A tall and wide brick chimney is a dominant feature of the front facade. The mainly horizontally proportioned windows appear to have original timber frames and are of the fixed and double hung type. In particular, the corner location of the windows is a typical feature of the interwar Old English style.
The verandah porch, formed under the curved wall and roof of the secondary gable, has an arched opening facing the street.
Early decorative features of the design are the brick corbelling on the gable ends and the brick patterning on the walls and chimney.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - City of Greater Geelong Belmont Heritage Reports
Author: Dr David Rowe
Year: 2007
Grading: D
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