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HOUSE (AERO VIEW)

Other Names

St. Austell (42 Peart St) , Extra, History, Title, villa , Adelong (32 Jeffrey St) , AeroView (13A Steele St) , Rostrevor/Hylands (27 Tuner St)

Location

13A STEELE STREET, LEONGATHA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE

Level

Rec for HO area contributory

[1/5]
Aero View
[2/5]
Aero View
[3/5]
42 Peart St
[4/5]
32 Jeffrey St
[5/5]
27 Turner St

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The house, constructed in 1896, at 13A Steele Street, Leongatha is significant. It is a superior example of a late Victorian symmetrical timber villa with a M-hip roof and a projecting bay on the south side. The return verandah has a convex profile and is supported on timber posts with cast iron brackets. The central front door has sidelights and highlights and is flanked by tripartite windows. There are three corbelled brick chimneys, which incorporate a 'cross' pattern.

Non-original alterations and additions to the house and other buildings on the property are not significant.

Why is it significant?
The house at 13A Steele Street is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the town of Leongatha.

Historically, it is associated with the selection and development of farmland surrounding Leongatha in the late nineteenth century. It is representative of the fine housesbuilt once farms were established and made profitable. (Criteria A & D)

Aesthetically, it is a fine and well detailed example of a late Victorian timber villa. Of note are the finely detailed corbelled chimneys. (Criterion E)

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