Residence

The house at 195 Roslyn Road is aesthetically significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates many original design qualities of the Federation style. These qualities include the picturesque arrangement of roof forms: the central recessed hipped roof, projecting minor gables, skillion verandah and window bay; and the painted and lapped galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding. Other intact qualities include the horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, unpainted brick chimneys with rendered cappings, wide eaves, fixed and double hung timber framed windows, front timber door, verandahs supported by square timber columns with worked timber brackets and distinctive timber fretwork valances, worked timber gable brackets and the decorative gable infill (roughcast panelling, timber battening and small timber brackets).

The house at 195 Roslyn Road is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the early housing development in Belmont in the early twentieth century, and with the Rowe family, long time owners and occupiers.

Overall, the house at 195 Roslyn Road is of LOCAL significance.

REFERENCE

1. Shire of South Barwon Rate Books, 1912-13, 1913-14, 1914-15, 1916-17, 1918-19, 1920-21, 1921-22, 1922-23, 1923-24, 1925-26, 1926-27, 1931-32, 1935-36, 1940-41, 1948-49, 1955-57, 1958-60.

2. Drainage Plan and Inspectors' Report, 1961, Barwon Water Profis system.

3. Interview by Rowe and Huddle with Mr Eric Lyons, 3 March, 1999.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House