"Belleville"

A Listed - State Significance

The 9 room villa 'Belleville' at 350 Ryrie Street, Geelong, was erected in 1870 for David Boswell Reid, from designs prepared by leading Geelong architects, Davidson and Henderson. This two storey dichromatic brick residence is in the style of the picturesque gothic villa and enhanced full height bay windows and ornamental carvings in Waurn Ponds freestone.

The interiors are innovatively detailed, with the iron balustrated staircase, plaster ceilings and billiard room (1874) of great interest. The front fence to Ryrie Street is notable and intact.

References

Willingham, Allan, Research notes on the architecture of Davidson and Henderson.

National Trust of Australia (Victoria), File NO. 2202.

Geelong Advertiser, 11th October, 1870 - tender notice 3rd August, 1874 - tender notice for Billiard Room.

Sutherland, Alexander, Victoria and Its Metropolis - Past and Present, 2 Volumes, McCarron, Bird and Co., Melbourne 1888. Vol II, p. 155. Biographic sketch of David Boswell Reid.

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

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House