"Glendining House" Residence and Surgery

The two storey residence and surgery at 6 Ryrie Street, Geelong, was designed by the prolific Scots born architects, Davidson and Henderson for Edinburgh born medico, Dr. George Glendinning. Erected in 1877, this distinctive Victorian eclectic style residence is built in the characteristic mode of the architects using bricks and freestone combined with decorative ironwork and plaster mouldings derived from the Romanesque and French Gothic periods. Dr. Glendinning died before occupation and was later occupied by his successor, Dr. Wyer. The residence is a noted work of the architects and a distinctive Victorian architectural design.

Reference

Geelong Advertiser 8th June 1877.

Tenders for proposed two storey residence for Dr. Glendinning in Ryrie Street. Architects Davidson and Henderson.

Geelong Advertiser 16 January 1878. Report of death of George Glendinning, M.B. (Edinburgh) at age of 25 years, eldest son of Robert Glendinning of Broomdykes, Berwickshire Scotland. Registered as doctor at Edinburgh, 4 August, 1876 - came to Australia to improve health being chronic sufferer from phthisis - settled first at Inverleigh and then in Geelong where his new house in Ryrie Street was almost ready for occupation.

Willingham, Allan "Two Scots in Victoria: The Architecture of Davidson and Henderson", Master of Architecture Thesis, University of Melbourne, 1983.

Removed From City Fringe Heritage Area (HO1639)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residence