Residence

The house at 17 Evans Street is aesthetically significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of the interwar Californian Bungalow style. These qualities include the gable roof form that traverses the site, together with a minor gable and verandah gable that project towards the street frontage. Other intact qualities include the weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, brick chimney, wide eaves and exposed rafters, timber framed double hung windows and projecting rectangular window bay with a tapered window hood, front timber and glazed door and side light, bevelled timber verandah beam and tall brick piers with concrete cappings, stepped, solid rendered balustrade with a concrete capping, and the gable shingling. The substantial garden contributes to the significance of the place. The house also contributes to the predominantly single storey weatherboard Edwardian and interwar Californian Bunglow streetscape.

The house at 17 Evans Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the Mount Pleasant Estate subdivision of 21 December, 1889. It is also associated with the Fraser family, original and long-time owners and occupiers.

Overall, the house at 17 Evans Street is of LOCAL significance.

REFERENCE

1. Shire of South Barwon Rate Books, 1925-26, 1926-27, 1928-29.

2. Sands & McDougall's Directory of Victoria, 1934, 1957, 1972.

3. Mount Pleasant Estate Subdivision plan, 21 December, 1889, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

4. Drainage Plans & Inspectors' Reports, 1929, Barwon Water Profis system.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House