House at 22 Electra Street
Location22 Electra Street WILLIAMSTOWN, Hobsons Bay City Google Maps and Google StreetviewHeritage Overlay NumberHO97 For further details, contact the local council or go to Planning Schemes Online.PrecinctElectra Street Heritage Precinct Level of SignificanceIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
The house, originally constructed in 1857-58 with later additions, at 22 Electra Street, Williamstown.
How is it Significant?The house at 22 Electra Street, Williamstown is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay.
Why is it Significant?Historically, it is in part, among the earliest group of houses in Williamstown and the earliest group of timber houses in Melbourne and demonstrates the early development of the suburb. It is also important for its association with the early maritime industry by its tenancies and Williamstown's noted photographer Andrew Rider. (AHC criteria A4 and H1)
Aesthetically, it is significant as an unusual mixture of early house forms that represent the diversity of approach to residential construction in the early Victorian period and contributes to the historic character of Electra Street. (AHC criteria E1)
Description
The house 22 Electra Street, Williamstown comprises an unusual combination of forms that clearly indicates two stages of building. A transverse gabled, steeply pitched iron-clad roof rises behind a probably earlier simply hipped, double-fronted verandahed cottage at the front. Beaded-edge weather boards clad the gabled wing which also possesses an attic and a brick chimney. The chimney brickwork has been painted, the verandah has been altered and the former presumed picket fence replaced by a high timber fence. A free-standing bluestone chimney at the rear has been identified by descendents as the only remains of Rider's studio. NOTE: This house was being extensively renovated in 2003, which included the demolition of the front section of the house and the relocation of the high-roofed rear section further forward on the block. External Integrity and condition Integrity - Moderate. Condition - Fair Context Making Suburbs Associations Andrew Rider, James Hutchison
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