Late Federation Residence Series

The houses of the Late Federation Residence Series are located at 166 Albert Street Sebastopol and 226 Albert Street Sebastopol. They are on individual allotments and are non-contiguous in location. The residences date between 1915-1925. The significant elements of each place include the external fabric including the chimneys, verandahs, building (and roof) form and materials, the generous front setbacks, views to the side elevation of the residences from the public realm. The houses both have a good degree of integrity externally, and are in good condition. 

The houses of the Late Federation Residence Series are of local historical and aesthetic/architectural significance to the township of Sebastopol and the City of Ballarat.

The houses of the Late Federation Residence Series are of local historical significance. The houses date from the period of the 1915-1925. The very fact that there are so few houses typical of the Federation period constructed in Sebastopol demonstrates the changing fortunes of the town between the Victorian 'boom' and the revitalisation in the interwar period. These two places are rare examples of new residential development in Sebastopol between 1915-1925. This was a period of economic and population decline within the town. Very little new development occurred in Sebastopol in this period. Many small and medium sized industries and businesses closed during this period and the township's population also contracted. (Criterion A)

The houses in this Series are of architectural significance as good intact examples of residential architecture illustrating the transitional period between traditional Federation style residences and the popular Arts and Crafts Bungalow style. While they are typically modest in design and architectural expression, and constructed of timber, they are nevertheless comparatively intact examples of their type. (Criterion E)

Both residences exhibit elements typical of both periods including the asymmetrical dominant roof forms with a ventilation gablet to the front, projecting gabled bays, rams horn finials to the gables, typical of the late Federation period. Features which are exhibited in both Federation and later Arts and Crafts Bungalow style houses include the projecting gables with bay window, strapped timber detail to the gable ends and verandahs which are contiguous with the main roof. The canted bay windows evident on both residences have flat roofs with exposed rafter ends, more common to the Arts and Crafts movement. The houses both have verandah supports (brick piers) and chimneys more typical of that period. (Criterion D)