Residence

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The former boat shed at 11 Flinders Parade is aesthetically significant at a LOCAL level. Although it has experienced some minor alterations, the boat shed demonstrates original design of a Federation style. These qualities include the galvanised corrugated iron gable roof form, with a porch at the front. Other intact qualities include the horizontal weatherboard cladding, wide eaves, timber porch brackets, timber members of the flying gable (except the recent timber finial), and the timber framed panelling forming the porch valance.

The former boat shed at 11 Flinders Parade is historically significant at a STATE level. It is associated with the decision by the Government to outlaw the practice of private occupation of the foreshore, which later became a uniform policy throughout the State. It is also historically significant at a LOCAL level for its associations with the half a mile of boatsheds once located on the Barwon Heads foreshore.

The former boat shed at 11 Flinders Parade is socially significant at a LOCAL level. It is recognised by the community for its associations with the development of Barwon Heads as a holiday resort at the turn of the century and demonstrates, in architectural terms, a custom of beach recreation that is no longer in use.

Overall, the former boat shed at 11 Flinders Parade is of LOCAL significance.

REFERENCES

1. 'Geelong Harbour Trust' in the Geelong Advertiser, 20 March, 1936.

2. N. Houghton, 'From the Archives', in the Investigator, September 1983, pp.101-105.

3. 'Geelong Harbour Trust - Boat Shed Standard', drawing in the collection of the Geelong HistoricalRecords Centre.

4. Shire of South Barwon Rate Books, 1904-05, 1908-09, 1911-12, 1912-13, 1914-15, 1917-18, 1934-35,1935-36, 1935-37.

5. These boat houses are listed on the 'Complete Plan of Barwon Heads', Thomas Roadknight & Co., 22 October, 1912, in the collection of the Geelong Historical Records Centre.

6 The Sun, 11 June, 1936, The Geelong Advertiser, 11 June, 1936.

7. Drainage Plans and Inspectors' Reports, Barwon Heads Sewerage Authority, 1979, 1991, Barwon Water Profis system; and Information provided verbally to City of Greater Geelong by owner in 2001.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House