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"Glenburnie" residence

Location

54 Western Beach, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No 219098

Level

Incl in HO area indiv sig

Statement of Significance

Significant

Previously B Listed - Regional Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE 'Glenburnie' a single storey double fronted brick and stucco villa at 54Western Beach, Geelong was constructed in 1880 for WW Bradley. AlexanderDavidson & Co were the architects and the villa, a most distinctiveexample of the work of this architect, is designed in a characteristiceclectic mode derived from French Romanesque sources and contemporaryBritish architecture of the 1870s. The stilted segmental arch windows tosymmetrical bays about a central Romanesque arched entrance is a mostunusual elevational treatment. The residence illustrates the maturationof Davidson's original and distinctive eclecticism.

REFERENCES

Geelong Advertiser - 21 June, 1880

Alexander Davidson and Co advertise tenders for a double villa in Western Beach

Geelong Advertiser - 9 August, 1880 - report of construction for Mr Bradley of Bradley and Drew

Geelong Advertiser - 9 November 1880 - further report on construction including list of tradesman.

Willingham Allan, Two Scots in Victoria the Architecture of Davidson and Henderson' - Master of Architecture, Department of Architecture, University of Melbourne 1983 - for details of career of Alexander Davidson.

The circa 1950s house at 52-54 Western Beach Road is non-contributory

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House