Residence

C Listed - Local Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The house at 249 Malop Street, Geelong, has significance as an intact example of the interwar Californian Bungalow style. Built in 1921 probably by J.C. Taylor and Sons for Michael and Ann Hede, the house appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street.

The house at 249 Malop Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of an interwar Californian Bungalow style. These qualities include the recessed broad gable roof form, together with the two symmetrically arranged minor gables and the central flat roofed verandah porch that project towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the symmetrical composition, single storey height, galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, two brick chimneys (now painted) with terra cotta pots, wide eaves with exposed timber rafters, grouped square timber verandah columns (with decorative geometric timber fretwork between), stuccoed brick verandah piers with projecting concrete cappings and decorative rectangular motifs, timber shingled verandah balustrade, timber framed double hung boxed windows - arranged in banks of three at the front (with flat roofed hoods extended from the central verandah), timber framed double hung single windows at the sides, triple lighted upper sashes to the front windows, timber framed and glazed double entrance doors under the front verandah, and the decorative gable infill (timber brackets, timber shingling, and vertical timber screens). The front fence and rear gabled garage with horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, vertically timber boarded double doors and galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding also contribute to the significance of the place. The house at 249 Malop Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in central Geelong during the interwar (1920s-1940s) period. In particular, this house has associations with Michael and Ann Hede, original owners in 1921, and probably with J.C. Taylor and Sons, builders.

Overall, the house at 249 Malop Street is of LOCAL significance.

References

Reports and Drainage Plans, Barwon Water profis system, 1921.

Geelong City Council Rate Books (Bellerine Ward), 1921-1960, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

Town Plan of Geelong 1881, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residence