Residence

The house at 1 Argyle Street is aesthetically significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of the Late Victorian vernacular style. These qualities include the dominant hipped roof form, together with a bullnosed verandah that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact qualities include the horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, unpainted galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, unpainted brick and corbelled chimney, narrow eaves, timber framed double hung windows symmetrically located about a central four panelled timber door, and the form of the bullnosed verandah.

The house at 1 Argyle Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the Montrose Estate subdivision of 3 December, 1887.

Overall, the house at 1 Argyle Street is of LOCAL significance.

REFERENCES:

1. Montrose Estate subdivision plan, 3 December, 1887, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

2. Shire of South Barwon Rate Books, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1911-12, 1913-14, 1918-19, 1919-20, 1923-24, 1924-25, 1925-26, 1926-27, 1928-29, 1932-33, 1938-39, 1943-44, 1955-58, 1958-60.

3. Drainage Plans & Inspectors' Reports, 1928, Barwon Water Profis system.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House