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"Galashiels" Residence

Location

39 Villamanta Street, GEELONG WEST VIC 3218 - Property No 211119

Level

Incl in HO area indiv sig

Statement of Significance

B Listed - Regional Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE - GRC - HISTORIC PLACES DOCUMENTATION SHEET NO. 291

Although this timber residence of 1890 was erected to the design of architect James Durran as his residence, there is little architectural merit evident in the design and it cannot be considered a noted example of this Geelong architect's work. The structure has been altered.

RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES

.Not recommended for listing on Geelong Regional Commission Register

REFERENCES

Aitken, Richard - "Edwardian Geelong: An Architectural Introduction", 1979, unpublished thesis - Deaking University pp 24-25.

Description of Geelong Architects, Tombs and Durran.

Brownhill, W. R. - A History of Geelong and Corio Bay, Wilke & Co., Melbourne, 1955, pp. 280 - Description of Haimes Memorial Homes, a project undertaken by Tombs and Durran.

Gibbs, Phillip - "12 Villamanta Street Houses West Geelong", Division of Architecture, Dekin University, Geelong, 1980.

Smith, James (ed) - Cyclopedia of Victoria, Vol 2, 1904, Melbourne, p 453 for biographical details of architects Tombs and Durran.

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE - City of Geelong West - Urban Conservation Study - Building Identification Form

"Galashiels' is historically significant as the 1890's home of one of Geelong's eminent architects. It is of Regional Significance.

POLICY/RECOMMENDATIONS: - N.E.R.

REFERENCE:

Aitken, Richard - "Edwardian Geelong: An Architectural Introduction", Architecture Division, Deakin University, 1979.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residence