Dwelling

History/Notes
The house at 295 Shannon Avenue was built by M.J. Denno in 1934 for Mrs Marguerite Atkin, replacing an earlier house on the site. She initially rented it to J.F. Rusden, a teacher and later to Annie Campbell. By 1956, it was occupied by Hugh R. Campbell.

Miss Marguerite Helen Spittle was born in c.1893 to Mr and Mrs J. Spittle, presumably in Temora, N.S.W. She married Marcell Lloys Atkin (born 1892), son of W.H. and E.E. Atkin of Newtown, Geelong, in 1919 at St. John's Church, Darlinghurst, Sydney. They had one child, John (born 1920), who they raised at their residence in Aphrasia Street, Newtown. A clerk, Marcel Atkin's life was cut short in 1933 at the age of 42. Marguerite Atkin died in 1970, aged 78.

The single storey timber dwelling is a predominantly intact example of the interwar Bungalow style as shown in the gabled roof forms and flat-roofed return verandah at the front. Other original features include the broad eaves, brick chimney, corrugated profile sheet meeting roof cladding, clinker brick verandah piers and balustrading (including the soldier-coursed red brick pier capitals), timber framed double hung windows (including the front bay window with a brick base, and the leadlighting in the upper sashes), front door opening and the gable infill (battening and panelling, shingling and brackets). There is an introduced pointed timber picket fence on the front boundary.

References:
Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages Indexes, Dept. of Justice.
Newtown Rate Books, 1932-1950, Geelong Library & Heritage Centre.
Geelong Advertiser, 30 July 1919, p.1.
The Argus, 10 October 1933, p.1.
Newtown Building Permit, 1934, City of Greater Geelong.
Sands & McDougall's Directory, 1956.
M. Atkins, Probate Administration files, 1970, VPRS 28/P3 Unit 2309 PROV.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House