"Royd Grange"
2 Royd Grange Court, BELMONT vic 3216 - Property No 237609
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Statement of Significance
B Listed - Regional Significance
The house known as "Royd Grange" at 2 Royd Grange Court is aesthetically significant at a REGIONAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a transitional Late Victorian/Queen Anne style. These qualities include the Flemish bond red brickwork, picturesque hipped slate roof forms, pyramidal tower and bay windows, and bullnosed corrugated iron verandah. Other intact qualities include the octagonal two storey tower, strapped brick chimneys with terra cotta pots, timber framed double hung windows, timber entrance doors with sidelights, bullnosed verandah supported by cast iron Ionic columns with a decorative iron valance and brackets, worked timber eaves brackets, iron ridge cresting of the tower, cream brick bands along the walls, and the cream brick arches in the tower.
The house known as "Royd Grange" at 2 Royd Grange Court is historically significant at a REGIONAL level. It is associated with the woollen textile magnate Godfrey Hirst, who was the managing director of the Excelsior Woollen Mills in South Geelong, and with the Geelong architects, Laird and Buchan.
Overall, the house known as "Royd Grange" at 2 Royd Grange Court is of REGIONAL significance.
REFERENCE
1. Shire of South Barwon Rate Books, 1923-24, 1927-28.
2. Sands and McDougall's Directory of Victoria, 1934, 1957, 1972.
3. Rowe, 'Architecture of Geelong: 1860-1900', sheet 327.
4. Lorraine Huddle, Master of Architecture research notes on the architects, Laird and Barlow.
5. G. Ball, 'Shadows on the Wall', p.84.
6. Belmont Community News, vol.1, no.4, Spring, 1987.
7. Brownhill and Wynd, The History of Geelong and Corio Bay With Postscript 1955-1990, p.318.
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"Royd Grange" - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTION
The house known as "Royd Grange" at 2 Royd Grange Court has substantial views to the Barwon River and Newtown. Although located on an unsual allotment, it has a large rear yard and narrow side setbacks.
The single storey Flemish bond red brick transitional Late Victorian/Queen Anne house is characterised by is picturesque hipped slate roof forms, pyramidal tower and bullnosed corrugated iron verandah that wraps around the north, east and west elevations. The form the house is essentially of a late Victorian Italianate design, denoted by the asymmetrical arrangement of the projecting bay windows with pyramidal roofs and the octagonal two storey tower. Strapped brick chimneys with terra cotta pots adorn the roofline. Small overhangs are a feature of the eaves. The early timber framed double hung windows are arranged singularly and as bays. The timber entrance doors with sidelights are early.
A feature of the design is the bullnosed verandah. It is supported by early cast iron Ionic columns and a Flemish bond brick plinth.
Early decorative features provide the transitional nature of the design. While the iron lace verandah valances and brackets, worked timber eaves brackets and the iron ridge cresting of the tower are typically Victorian, the cream brick bands along the walls and the cream brick arches in the tower are more in accord with Queen Anne design. This house makes a significant architectural contribution to the local area.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - City of Greater Geelong Belmont Heritage Reports
Author: Dr David Rowe
Year: 2007
Grading: B
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