Residence
7 Scott Street, BELMONT Vic 3216 - Property No 238068
Belmont Heights Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
C Listed - Local Significance
The house at 7 Scott Street is aesthetically significant at a LOCAL level. Although it has undergone a number of alterations, possibly when it was moved to the site in c.1929, it still demonstrates original design qualities of the Victorian Italianate style. These qualities include the asymmetrical arrangement of the hipped and projecting pyramidal roof forms, with the concave verandah along the side. Other intact qualities include the weatherboard wall cladding, painted galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, timber framed double hung windows under the verandah, front panelled timber door and sidelights, narrow eaves, and the worked timber eaves brackets. The house also makes a significant contribution to the residential streetscape formed predominantly by single storey weatherboard and brick interwar and postwar houses.
The house at 7 Scott Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the Hilltop Estate Subdivision of February, 1922.
Overall, the house at 7 Scott Street is of LOCAL significance.
REFERENCE
1. Shire of South Barwon Rate Books, 1924-25, 1927-28, 1930-31.
2. Sands & McDougall's Directory of Victoria, 1934, 1957, 1972.
3. Hilltop Estate Subdivision Map, 25 February, 1922, Geelong Historical Records Centre.
4. Drainage Plans and Inspector's Reports, 1929, Barwon Water Profis system.
5. Interview by Rowe and Huddle with Mr Eric Lyons, retired Geelong builder, 3 March, 1999.
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Residence - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTION
The site at 7 Scott Street is set in a residential streetscape formed predominantly by single storey weatherboard and brick interwar and postwar houses. The house has typical front and side setbacks, with a driveway along the side. These setbacks are shown on the 1929 GWST Plan of Drainage.4 An appropriate, recent timber picket fence, approximately 1200mm high, forms the front boundary.
The asymmetrical, single storey weatherboard Victorian Italianate house is characterised by a recessed hipped roof and projecting pyramidal roof forming the faceted bay. These roof forms are clad in painted galvanised corrugated iron. A later, 1930-31 brick chimney adorns the roof line, while the narrow eaves overhangs are typical of Victorian design. The timber framed double hung windows under the verandah appear to be early, although the windows forming the bay were possibly added in 1930-31. The front timber panelled door with sidelights may also be early.
The early concave verandah roof is supported by recent timber posts and brackets. A window hood that wraps around the bay window may be a later addition.
An early decorative feature of the design is the worked timber eaves 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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