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Residence 52-54

Location

52 Skene Street, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No 205145

Level

Incl in HO area indiv sig

Statement of Significance

C Listed - Local Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

A characteristic timber late Italianate house with some unusual elements built in 1892. It is architecturally significant as an unusual variant on this domestic style and historically in embodying the comfortable family life of a skilled craftsman in Newtown immediately prior to the economic crash of 1892.

INTACTNESS: Good - Fence (and canted bay) are later.

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CONDITIONS AND THREATS: Very good

REFERENCE: City of Newtown and Chilwell Ratebooks

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residence