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Pakington St Commercial Heritage Area
LocationPakington St Commercial Heritage Area LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
Statement of Significance
The Pakington Street Commercial Area contains a diversity of architectural styles in its buildings. There are representative building examples of each of the major periods from early Victorian to post war although the dominant character is the marginally 1900-1920 period with the overall development occurring between the 1850's to 1930's. The Pakington Street Commercial Area is the commercial and civic focus for Geelong West. The area still retains much evidence of its long development. It contains several individual buildings of considerable regional significance, and many buildings of local significance. Commercial buildings are consistent in having no setback from the pavement line and from each other, whilst civic or institutional buildings tend to be highlighted by a setback from the pavement eg the town hall and the former Primitive Methodist Church and are free-standing. The mixture of commercial, institutional and civic buildings contributes substantially to the character of Pakington Street. Buildings are a mixture of one and two storey buildings with two storey buildings tending to dominate corner sites. One storey buildings generally have high parapets or other architectural devices such as roof decoration or turrets to accentuate height. Original verandahs have been replaced by inappropriate cantilevered verandahs.
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
Residential Precinct