Residence

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The house at 2 Francis Street is aesthetically significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of the Edwardian style. These qualities include the dominant, recessed hipped roof, together with a gable roof and bullnosed verandah that project towards the street frontage. Other intact qualities include the tall corbelled red brick chimney, timber framed double hung windows arranged in pairs, window hood supported by worked timber brackets, and the decorative gable infill (stucco work and battening). The house also makes a significant contribution to the single storey streetscape of mixed Edwardian, interwar Californian Bungalow and postwar homes.

The house at 2 Francis Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with Gibson's subdivision of 1919-20, and with Edward Gibson, original owner and land holder.

Overall, the house at 2 Francis 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, 1928, Barwon Water Profis system.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House