The house at 47 Guys Road, Korumburra, built in c.1900, is significant. The double fronted late Victorian symmetrical villa includes a rear projecting hip, return bullnose verandah with turned posts and a cast iron verandah frieze with fan brackets. The house has a pair of brick chimneys with rendered mouldings and bracketed eaves. The central steps to the verandah have slate treads and the frontage features paired double hung windows with elaborate architraves. Non-original alterations and additions, other than those specified above, are not significant.
How is it significant?
The house at 47 Guys Road, Korumburra is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the South Gippsland Shire.
Why is it significant?
Historically, the house at 47 Guys Road is one of a number of houses in the area that demonstrate the early pattern of settlement in Korumburra along the main thoroughfares of Radovick Street and Guys Road. This house itself is significant for its high level of intactness and integrity within the streetscape. This house demonstrates the early residential development of Korumburra by its design, location and nature of surrounding buildings suggesting it was likely constructed c.1900. (Criterion A) Aesthetically, the building is a superior example of a well detailed, double fronted Victorian symmetrical villa, demonstrating the key attributes of this style of building. This house also contributes significantly to the historical residential aesthetic and historic character of Korumburra, in particular Radovick Street and Guys Road. (Criterion E)