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HOUSE

Other Names

group , Mortlake (41 Jeffrey St) , Former UV Knight Residence (26 Ogilvy St)

Location

110-112 MCCARTIN STREET, LEONGATHA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE

Level

Rec for HO area contributory

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House, 110-112 McCartin Street
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House, 110-12 McCartin Street
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House, 45-47 Roughead St
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House, 110-112 McCartin St
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Former UV Knight’s House, 26
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Mortlake, 41 Jeffrey St

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The house, designed and constructed c.1933 by J.L. Rowden, at 110-112 McCartin Street, Leongatha is significant. It is a large rendered brick inter war bungalow with tiled hip roof, which shows the influence of the Mediterranean/Spanish Mission Style. Symmetrical in plan, the most notable feature is the large central porch, which has a jerkinhead (half-hip) roof and a triple-arched opening (with single arched openings to the side) resting on barley twist columns, and is accessed by a flight of steps. The walls are a mixture of smooth and textured render, and the windows to the main elevation are timber framed and comprise double sash with diamond pattern leadlight to the upper pane on either side of a fixed pane. They are boxed and rest on corbels. The original double front doors have diamond pattern glazing. There is one brick chimney

Non-original alterations including the carport and at the rear, and other buildings are not significant.

How is it significant?
The house at 110-112 McCartin Street, Leongatha is of local aesthetic significance to South Gippsland Shire.

Why is it significant?
Aesthetically, it is an example of an interwar bungalowwhich shows the influence of theMediterranean style, whichcan be seen in the symmetrical massing, the large central porch with triple-arched opening (with single arched openings to the side) resting on barley twist columns (a nod to the Spanish Mission style), the mixture of smooth and textured render to the walls, and the formal entrance with double doors. The significance of the place is enhanced by its high degree of intactness.(Criterion E)

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