"Maxwelton" residence

The house at 105 Hitchcock Avenue is aesthetically significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of the Edwardian style. These qualities include the recessed dominant hipped roof and a concave verandah and gable that project towards the street frontage. Other intact qualities include the horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, unpainted brick chimney with terra cotta pot, timber framed double hung windows with the window under the projecting gable having decorative timber frames and leadlight side lights, window hood, front four panel timber door and sidelights, worked timber verandah columns with timber brackets and a decorative timber fretwork valance. The house also makes a significant contribution to the single storey, pitched roof streetscape.

The house at 105 Hitchcock Avenue is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the Flinders Estate subdivision of 1887 and the Monomeeth Estate subdivision of 1909.

Overall, the house at 105 Hitchcock Avenue is of LOCAL significance

References

Plan of Flinders Estate, Barwon heads, 1887, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

Barwon Heads Estate Company Limited Plan, 26 December 1901, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

Monomeeth Estate subdivision plan, 27 December 1909, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

Shire of South Barwon Rate Books, 1911-12,1915-16, 1923-24, 1927-28, 1938-39, 1943-44

Drainage Plans and Inspectors Reports, Barwon Heads Sewerage Authority, 1975, 1991, Barwon Water Profis system.

Interview by David Rowe with Dawn Hyland, Barwon Heads, 19 October 1999.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residence