Residence
195 Roslyn Road, BELMONT Vic 3216 - Property No 237413
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Statement of Significance
C LISTED - LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE
The house at 195 Roslyn Road is aesthetically significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates many original design qualities of the Federation style. These qualities include the picturesque arrangement of roof forms: the central recessed hipped roof, projecting minor gables, skillion verandah and window bay; and the painted and lapped galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding. Other intact qualities include the horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, unpainted brick chimneys with rendered cappings, wide eaves, fixed and double hung timber framed windows, front timber door, verandahs supported by square timber columns with worked timber brackets and distinctive timber fretwork valances, worked timber gable brackets and the decorative gable infill (roughcast panelling, timber battening and small timber brackets).
The house at 195 Roslyn Road is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the early housing development in Belmont in the early twentieth century, and with the Rowe family, long time owners and occupiers.
Overall, the house at 195 Roslyn Road is of LOCAL significance.
REFERENCE
1. Shire of South Barwon Rate Books, 1912-13, 1913-14, 1914-15, 1916-17, 1918-19, 1920-21, 1921-22, 1922-23, 1923-24, 1925-26, 1926-27, 1931-32, 1935-36, 1940-41, 1948-49, 1955-57, 1958-60.
2. Drainage Plan and Inspectors' Report, 1961, Barwon Water Profis system.
3. Interview by Rowe and Huddle with Mr Eric Lyons, 3 March, 1999.
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Residence - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTION
The house at 195 Roslyn Road has large front and side setbacks, due to the substantial size of the allotment. These setbacks are shown on the 1961 GWST Plan of Drainage. The front is bound by an inappropriate brick fence with tubular steel railing, and is approximately 1500mm high.
The single storey, asymmetrical, horizontal weatherboard, Federation styled house is characterised by a picturesque arrangement of roof forms, including a central recessed hipped roof, together with projecting minor gables, skillion verandah and window bay. These roof forms are clad in early, painted and lapped galvanised corrugated iron. Three early, unpainted brick chimneys with rendered cappings adorn the roofline. Wide overhangs are a feature of the eaves. The early timber framed windows are fixed and double hung, and the front timber door appears to be early.
A feature of the design is the front verandah that spans across the whole of the street facade, under the projecting gable and skillion. It is supported by early square timber columns, worked timber brackets and distinctive timber fretwork valances. These features are continued at the side to the east, where other porches and verandahs are located. Another feature of the design is the bay window that projects towards the east.
Apart from the verandah elements, early decorative features of the design include the worked timber gable brackets and the gable infill (roughcast panelling, timber battening and small timber brackets).
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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