Residence

The house at 5 Herd Road is aesthetically significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstates original design qualities of the Edwardian style. These qualities include the galvanised corrugated iron hipped roof, together with a gable and concave verandah that project towards the street frontage. Other intact qualities include the two corbelled brick chimneys, timber framed double hung windows, window hood supported by worked timber brackets, decorative cast iron lace verandah valance, gable bargeboards and ironwork, gable finial, and the paired worked timber eaves brackets with decorative patterns between. The house makes a significant contribution to the predominantly Edwardian and interwar Californian Bungalow precinct.

The house at 5 Herd Road is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with Edward Wilks Gibson, original owner, who was President of the Shire of South Barwon in 1896-97.

Overall, the house at 5 Herd Road is of LOCAL significance.

REFERENCE

1. Shire of South Barwon Rate Books, 1905-06, 1906-07, 1909-10, 1912-13, 1913-14, 1914-15, 1917-18,1918-19, 1919-20, 1920-21, 1921-22, 1922-23, 1926-27, 1927-28, 1929-30.

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

3. Drainage Plans and Inspectors' Reports, 1930, Barwon Water Profis system.

4. N. Houghton, Geelong: 150 Years of Community Leadership 1849-1999, City of Greater Geelong, Geelong, 1999.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House