Shop and Residence

C Listed - Local Significance

Corrections to the history are informally provided in the history section to this citation.

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The shop and house at 24-26 Garden Street, Geelong, have significance as a reasonably intact Victorian styled corner store complex. The house was built in 1881 for William Bignell and the shop in 1890 for Jane Bromley and by the early 1890s both buildings were owned and occupied by her. Both buildings appear to be in fair-good condition when viewed from the street.

The house at 24 Garden Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian style. These qualities include the hipped roof form clad in lapped galvanised corrugated iron, unpainted brick chimney with a corbelled top, and the narrow eaves. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the symmetrical composition, single storey height, horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, lapped galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, central timber framed doorway with transom windows and the flanking timber framed double hung windows, and the other timber framed window at the side.

The shop building at 26 Garden Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian style. These qualities include the recessed hipped roof form that traverses the site, together with the hipped roof having a chamfered corner and the side convex verandah that project towards the Garden Street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated steel roof cladding, unpainted brick chimney with a multi-corbelled top, narrow eaves, timber framed corner doorway with transom window above, other timber framed doorway to the west on the Malop Street facade, timber framed windows near the corner, stop chamfered timber verandah columns with projecting moulded capitals, cast iron verandah valances and brackets, and the timber framed doorways under the verandah. The timber picket fence and gate in front of the verandah also contribute to the significance of the place.

The house and shop at 24-26 Garden Street are historically significant at a LOCAL level. They are associated with residential and commercial developments in Geelong in the late 19th century. In particular, the house probably has associations with William Bignall, original owner, from 1881, and the shop with Jane Bromley from 1890. Both the house and shop were owned and occupied by Jane Bromley from 189192.

Overall, the house and shop at 24-26 Garden Street are of LOCAL significance.

References

Reports and Drainage Plans, Barwon Water profis system, 1917, 1985. Electoral Roll, Division Corio, Subdivision Geelong, 1984, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

Sands & McDougalls Directory of Geelong, 1972, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

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

Geelong City Council Rate Books Bellerine Ward, 18821960.

Geelong Town Plan 1881, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

Group

Retail and Wholesale

Category

Shopping/retail complex