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Residence

Location

52 Virginia Street, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No 205409

Level

Incl in HO area indiv sig

Statement of Significance

C Listed - Local Signficance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE:

A timber late Italianate house built in 1890 by prolific local builders Purnell & Sons. It is architecturally significant locally as representative of this domestic style and historically in embodying comfortable life in Newtown just before the economic crash of 1892.

INTACTNESS: Good. The verandah appears to be recent. The Edwardian turned post is anachronistic and the lace not like any in Newtown. The fly-screen door is not appropriate either. The fence is re-cut and the verandah sub-floor should not have been infilled with random rubble stone.

CONDITIONS & THREATS: Excellent, but there is no sub-floor ventilation.

REFERENCES: City of Newtown and Chilwell Ratebooks

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residence