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Late Victorian Residence

Location

53 Kennedy Street HAMILTON, Southern Grampians Shire

File Number

HAMDS069

Level

Stage 2 study complete

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26575 Late Victorian Residence

Statement of Significance

SIGNIFICANCE: Very elegantly detailed late Victorian residence with notable Erythina, Coral Tree in front garden. Key building in the Botanic Gardens area.

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Residence
53 Kennedy Street

Built in the late 1880s on land first sold by the Crown to G Bowler in 1854, this late Victorian residence is of local significance for its architecture. The house represents the success of the upper middle class in Hamilton at the end of the last century. It is one of the few house with an intact cast iron verandah. The leadlighting in the elegantly detailed side French doors and their aedicule frames with a cushion mould in the pediment are especially notable. The house has been extended at the side and converted into flats. The original front fence is missing but the gate and gateposts survive. The house is substantially intact and is in fair condition. The garden includes one significant remnant of the original design, an Erythina, Coral Tree. Because of its corner position the building is a key site for the Botanic gardens Area.

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