Residence

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The house at 42 Fenwick Street, Geelong, has significance as part of an unusual pair of intact, interwar Spanish Mission Revival styled houses constructed in 1929. This house appears to be in fair condition when viewed from the street, with some wall cracks apparent on the front facade.

The house at 42 Fenwick Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original and unusual design qualities of an interwar Spanish Mission Revival style as part of a pair of houses that are linked by a shallow archway over the side driveway. These qualities also include the recessed hipped roof form, together with the projecting front gable and flat parapetted and arcaded loggia at the front. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, terra cotta roof tiles, roughcast brick wall construction, terra cotta tiled cappings to the front arcaded loggia and driveway arch, two tapered and roughcast brick chimneys, wide eaves, arched timber framed, multi-paned front window with a projecting decorative steel balconette balustrade, small arched timber framed multi-paned window, timber framed double hung windows behind the front arcaded loggia, and the terra cotta blockwork under the projecting gable. The rear roughcast garage with a terra cotta tiled capped parapet, roughcast front fence and the striking visual and stylistic associations with the house at 44 Fenwick Street also contribute to the significance of the place.

The house at 42 Fenwick Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Geelong during the interwar (1920s-1940s) period. In particular, this house has associations with William Davies, original owner from 1929 who was responsible for the design and construction of this and the neighbouring house at 44 Fenwick Street.

Overall, the house at 42 Fenwick Street is of LOCAL significance.

References

Drainage Plans and Reports, Barwon Water profis system, 1929, 1951, 1989.

Sands & McDougall Geelong Directory 1972, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

Sands & McDougall "Invicta" Geelong Directory 1968, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

Geelong City Council Rate Books (Kardinia Ward) 1923-1960, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

Geelong Town Plan 1923, Public Records Office of Victoria.

Removed from City Fringe Heritage Area (HO1639)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residence