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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The corner store at 1 Flinders Parade is aesthetically significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of an interwar Commercial style, including the two hipped roofs clad in terra cotta tile. Other intact qualities include the painted brick walls, wide eaves and exposed rafters, timber window frames and highlights (especially the leadlighting on the south facade), panelled timber doors, substantial corner timber eaves brackets and the terra cotta ridge ornamentation.

The corner store at 1 Flinders Parade is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the Barwon Heads Company Estate subdivision of 1891, and more particularly, with the building growth in Barwon Heads in the early 1930s as a result of its popularity as a holiday resort.

Overall, the corner store at 1 Flinders Parade is of LOCAL significance.

For further information see Dr. David Rowe, "Heritage Assessment of the Corner Store: 1 Flinders Parade, Barwon Heads", Expert Witness Report prepared for the City of Greater Geelong C49 Panel Hearing, December 2003

REFERENCES

1. See Title History in Heritage Victoria file no. 605113.

2. Challis is listed on the 'Plan of the Flinders Estate', 1887, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

3. Subdivision plan by Barwon Heads Estate Company Limited, 30 March, 1891, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

4. Subdivision plan by Barwon Heads Estate Company Limited, 26 December, 1901, Geelong HistoricalRecords Centre.

5. 'Complete Plan of Barwon Heads', Thomas Roadknight & Co., 22 October, 1912, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

6. Shire of South Barwon Rate Books, 1919-20, 1924-25, 1929-30, 1932-33, 1934-35, 1935-36, 1936-37, 1939-40, 1940-41.

7. 'Barwon Heads Improvements' in the Geelong Advertiser, 30 June, 1934.

8. Drainage Plans & Inspectors' Reports, Barwon Heads Sewerage Authority, 1975, Barwon Water Profis system.

9. Interview by David Rowe with Dawn Hyland and Nell Andrew, 19 October, 1999.

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