Residence

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The house at 29 George Street is aesthetically significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of the interwar Californian Bungalow style. These qualities include gable roof forms that project towards the street frontage, a front return skillion verandah and a rear traversing gable. Other intact qualities include the unpainted horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, lapped galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, brick chimney, wide eaves, timber framed double hung windows arranged in pairs, worked timber verandah columns and brackets, and the decorative gable infill (panelling and battening). The house at 29 George Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the Ozone Estate subdivision of 26 December, 1906, and with George Wells, carpenter. Overall, the house at 29 George Street is of LOCAL significance.

Reference

1. Shire of South Barwon Rate Books, 1920-21, 1921-22, 1925-26, 1935-36, 1941-42, 1943-44, 1958-59, 1959-60.2. Ozone Estate subdivision plan, 26 December, 1906, Geelong Historical Records Centre.3. Subdivision plans of Barwon Heads, Thomas Roadknight & Co., 22 October, 1912, 1920. 4. Barwon Heads Estate Company Limited Land Sale, 26 December, 1901, Geelong Historical Records Centre.5. 'Complete Plan of Barwon Heads', Thomas Roadknight & Co., 22 October, 1912, Geelong Historical Records Centre. 6. Drainage Plans & Inspector's Reports, 1973, Barwon Heads Sewerage Authority, Barwon Water Profis system.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residence