Residence

Significant

C Listed - Local Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The house at 3 Pevensey Street, Geelong, has significance as a legacy of substantial 19th century residential developments in Geelong. Originally built in 1860-61, the house has experienced several alterations and additions, but the form and construction is intact and the building appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street. The house at 3 Pevensey Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. Although altered, it still demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian style. These qualities include the two storey height, rendered bluestone wall construction, and the hipped roof form clad in slate tiles behind a moulded and dentillated parapet. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the symmetrically arranged timber framed openings with moulded timber architraves on the first floor, timber framed double hung windows with Dr David Rowe Authentic Heritage Services Pty Ltd File No. 1106 Page GEELONG CITY C CITATIONS moulded timber architraves on the ground floor, rendered bluestone quoinwork at the building corners, and the timber framed ground floor doorway with transom window above. The skillion balcony and verandah have been reconstructed and are representative of a significant change in the early 20th century, with its projecting balcony gable, timber balcony and verandah posts and the tapered timber shingled balcony balustrade. The original house at 3 Pevensey Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with substantial residential developments in Geelong in the second half of the 19th century. In particular, this house has associations with Morris Jacobs, successful draper and original owner who had it built in 1860-61. He also instigated additions and alterations in 1865 and 1868 and by 1872 he had built a balcony at the front. The Jacobs family were long time owners of the property until the 1920s. Overall, the house at 3 Pevensey Street is of LOCAL significance.

References

References Reports and Drainage Plans, Barwon Water profis system, 1989. Voters Roll, Bellerine Ward, 1992, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Sands amp McDougalls Directory of Geelong, 1972, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Sands amp McDougalls quotInvictaquot Geelong Directory,1968, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Geelong City Council Rate Books Bellerine Ward, 18951960, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Geelong City Council Valuations Books Bellerine Ward, 18591895, Geelong Historical records Centre. Town Plan of Geelong 1858, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Morrow, W.J., Index to the Geelong Advertiser, 18501866,Geelong Historical records Centre. The Geelong Advertiser, 4 September 1952, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Dr David Rowe Authentic Heritage Services Pty Ltd File No. 1106 Page

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Flat