HOUSE

History:

Robert Dwyer owned property on the south side of Johnston Street, on the west corner of Park Street. Bertram Crellin, a surgeon, acquired the property with demolished buildings by 1909, and in 1910, he built a brick house on the site for use as a residence.

The building is now occupied by a Greek restaurant.

Description:

The house at 265 Johnston Street, Abbotsford, on the south-west corner of Park Street, is a two storey brick Edwardian villa.

The walls are of face red brick with rendered string courses at the window head and sill levels. The roof is clad with slate, which is somewhat atypical for a house of this style and date, although it does have the more usual terracotta ridge tiles and finials. The roof is hipped over the main part of the house, and gabled over the projecting western bay and the corner verandah. The gable ends are roughcast, and have timber bargeboards, fretwork, and bracketing. The verandah is also timber-framed, running from the western bay and wrapping around the polygonal corner. The balcony has simple timber balustrading, and the verandah and balcony have simple timber friezes and chamfered timber posts. The verandah has a concrete floor on a bluestone plinth.

The windows are timber-framed double-hung sashes. There is some original leadlighting to the sidelights of the front entry.

Significance:

The former residence at 265 Johnston Street, Abbotsford, is of local architectural significance. Although its significance has been diminished by alterations, it remains a relatively externally intact example of an unusually large Edwardian residence unusual for Abbotsford on a prominent corner site.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House