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Austin House

Other Name Laurel bank Location Cnr Virginia & Pakington Streeets,, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No B0270 File Number B0270 Level Demolished/Removed

[1/1] 71731 b270 Austin House

Statement of Significance

Austin House built on site of an earlier building byAndrew Bridges White c 1870. He was a member of the firm of Squatting & Mercantile Agents, Holmes, White & Co., and Mayor of Newtown & Chilwell in 1876.
The house was bought in 1892 by Sydney Austin, MLC who was Mayor of Geelong from 1896 - 1899.
E H Lascelles occupied it for some years before and during the First World War and Andrew Cunningham followed him in occupation. Following Cunninham's death in 1922, the house was bought from his estate by Geelong Church of England Girls' Grammar School.
The house was a two storeyed, stucco-faced Italianate villa with a pedimented porch and chaste verandah iron work. Sliding shutters were noted.
Classified: 'Regional' 17/05/1972
Demolished: 1873