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Residence

Location

111 Prospect Road, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No 204175

Level

Incl in HO area indiv sig

Statement of Significance

C Listed - Local Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

A most unusual symmetrical late Victorian timber house with interesting decorative elements influenced by Capenter Gothic. It was built between 1890 and 1893, at the end of the Boom. It is architecurally significant as representative of this late style and for is decorative timber details and historically significant as an embodiment of the middle class aspirations in Newtown immediately before the economic crush.

References

City of Newtown and Chilwell Rate Books

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residence