Residence

C Listed - Local Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The house at 370 Ryrie Street, Geelong, has significance for its associations with residential developments in Geelong between the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Built initially in the second half of the 19th century as a two storey Victorian dwelling, the house experienced major alterations in 1917-18 when it was transformed into the current single storey building. The house also has particular significance for its mix of Victorian and interwar Bungalow design traits.

The house at 370 Ryrie Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates important and unusual design qualities of an eclectic Victorian and interwar Bungalow style, incorporating both original 19th century design traits and alterations of the interwar (1920s-1930s) period. These qualities include the hipped roof form, together with the hipped verandah that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities of the Victorian and interwar periods include the predominantly symmetrical composition, single storey height, slate roof cladding, paired square timber columns which in turn are supported by tapered rendered brick piers with concrete cappings, central doorway and flanking timber framed boxed tripartite double hung windows, narrow eaves,

tapered and rendered brick chimneys with terra cotta pots, and the two projecting timber framed bay windows on the east facade. The rendered brick fence with tapered piers and round hollow steel rails also contribute to the architectural eclecticism of the place. The remnant 19th century parts of the house include the location of the front windows and door under the verandah, and the projecting bays at the side (to the east).

The house at 370 Ryrie Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Geelong in the second half of the 19th century and early 20th century. In particular, this house appears to have been originally built as a two storey Victorian dwelling in the second half of the 19th century for David McKenzie Barry. However, in 1917-18, it was partly demolished and transformed into an eclectic Victorian and interwar Bungalow styled house for Isaac Chapman.

Overall, the house at 370 Ryrie Street is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residence