Geelong Aero Club (formerly Connewarre Presbyterian Church)

C Listed - Local Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The Geelong Aero Club building at 1411 - 1419 Barwon Heads Road is aesthetically significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of the Federation Carpenter Gothic style. These qualities include the gable roof form clad unpainted, lapped galvanised corrugated iron. Other intact qualities include the horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, wide eaves and exposed rafters, timber framed, pointed arch and leadlighted windows, and the decorative gable infill stucco panelling and worked timber battening.

The Geelong Aero Club building at 1411 - 1419 Barwon Heads Road is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the Connewarre Presbyterian Church from 1915 - 1985, while the site is associated with the Connewarre Presbyterian Church from 1861.

The Geelong Aero Club building at 1411 - 1419 Barwon Heads Road is socially significant at a LOCAL level. It is still recognised by sections of the community for its former religious associations.

Overall, the Geelong Aero Club building at 1411 - 1419 Barwon Heads Road is of LOCAL significance.

References

Pescott, South Barwon 18571985, p.145.

Presbyterian Church of Victoria, List of Church, Manse and School Lands belong to the Presbyterian Church of Victoria, undated, p.3, 20, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

Geelong Advertiser, 2 October, 1966.

B. Begg, 'Barwon Heads Airport', manuscript, December, 1999. Barbara Begg nee Polly is the Chief Flying Instructor/Manager of the Geelong Aero Club. References

Group

Transport - Air

Category

Other - Transport - Air