Residence

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The house at 142 Gheringhap Street, Geelong, has significance as a moderately intact example and unusually surviving example of a mid19th century Victorian style. Built in 1858 as a residence with workshop for Edward Morris, the house appears to be in fair condition when viewed from the street. The house at 142 Gheringhap Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. Although partially altered, the house still demonstrates original design qualities of a rudimentary Victorian style. These qualities include the rectangular building form and the hipped roof clad in slate tiles. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the two storey height, brick wall construction but not the over-painting, two large brick chimneys with multi-corbelled tops, narrow eaves, single shallow-arched timber framed window openings and the timber framed double hung windows, front side doorway with transom window above, rear single storey gabled addition with a galvanised corrugated iron roof, narrow eaves and elongated brick chimney, and the rear outbuilding visible from the western boundary with its simple gable roof form clad in galvanised corrugated iron and with horizontal weatherboard wall cladding. The house at 142 Gheringhap Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It has associations with residential developments in Geelong in the mid 19th century. In particular, this house has associations with Edward Morris, original owner from 1858. He had the house and a workshop constructed at that time. Overall, the house at 142 Gheringhap Street is of LOCAL significance.

References

References Reports and Drainage Plans, Barwon Water profis system, 1919, 1953, 1962. Sands & McDougalls Directory of Geelong, 1972, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Sands amp McDougall "Invicta" Geelong Directory, 1968, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Geelong City Council Rate Books Kardinia Ward, 18571960. Geelong Town Plan 1858, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Dr David Rowe Authentic Heritage Services Pty Ltd File No. 0949 Page

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residence