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Residence (formerly Dr Croker's)

Location

83 Yarra Street, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No 219253

Level

Incl in HO area indiv sig

Statement of Significance

B Listed - Regional Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The two storey brick residence at the corner of Yarra Street and Ryrie Street, Geelong, was erected in 1897 for eminent local medical practitioner, Dr Patrick Croker. The architects of this unusual Queen Anne style villa were Tombs and Durran, a young architectural firm who assumed control of the old established firm of Joseph Watts in 1890. The villa is constructed in a style which reflects contemporary American design trends of the late 19th century combined with emerging reference to an Australian Style. The residence has a commanding prescence situated at the termination of a notable Yarra Street streetscape.

RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES

Geelong Regional Commission Register

REFERENCES

Smith, James (ed) - Cyclopedia of Victoria, Niven & Co., Melbourne Vol 2, 1904, p 453 for biographical details of architects "Tombs and Durran. Architects", p 453; "Dr Patrick Alfred Croker", p 442, including photographic portraits.

Aitken, Richard - "Edwardian Geelong: An Architectural Introduction", History Research Report. Architecture Division, Deakin University, 1979, pp. 24-25 & 27, for details of career of William Allen Tombs and James Durran.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residence