Residence

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The house at 4 Ozone Road is aesthetically significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of the Edwardian style. These qualities include the galvanised iron hipped roof with a bullnosed verandah projecting towards the street frontage. Other intact qualities include the horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, unpainted corbelled brick chimney, worked timber eaves brackets, timber framed double hung windows arranged symmetrically about a central timber doorway, and the worked timber verandah columns with a timber fretwork valance. The flat timber picket fence contributes to the significance of the place. This house also makes a significant contribution to the residential, pitched roof streetscape.

The house at 4 Ozone Road is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the Flinders Estate subdivision of 1887 and the Barwon Heads Estate Company Limited subdivision of 30 March, 1891.

Overall, the house at 4 Ozone Road is of LOCAL significance. Statement of Cultural Significance

References

1. Plan of the Flinders Estate, Barwon Heads, 1887, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

2. Barwon Heads Estate Company Limited subdivision plan, 30 March, 1891, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

3. Shire of South Barwon Rate Books, 190102, 190203, 190607, 190910, 191011, 191415, 191516, 192324, 193435, 195859, 195960.

4. Drainage Plans and Inspectors Reports, Barwon Heads Sewerage Authority, 1979, Barwon Water Profis system.

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

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residence