Medical Clinic

The following is added informally by the Heritage Advisor, 9 February 2017, as an update/correction to the history provided in the citation:

The site at 55 Bellerine Street, Geelong, was acquired by William Box, ironmonger, in 1903. He had a timber Edwardian dwelling constructed at this time, comprising 6 rooms, bathroom, scullery and pantry.The Geelong Waterworks and Sewerage Trust Detail Plan. 14 (dated c.1914) and an aerial view by Charles Pratt in 1926-27 reveals that the dwelling had a principal hipped roof form with minor projecting gables to Bellerine Street. They comprised a post-supported verandah that returned along the south (Ryrie Street) elevation.

With the death of William Box in 1907, the property passed to his wife, Naarah. She lived there until 1925 when the dwelling was sold to William Hellier Long, surgeon. In 1929, he engaged the local architectural firm of Schefferle and Williams to design alterations and additions to the dwelling. The front gabled wings and verandah were replaced with the existing gables at this time, the roof was clad in tiles and much of the timber weatherboard wall cladding was replaced in brick. These changes are largely extant today.

References:

Geelong Town Council Rate Books 1902-1929, Geelong Library & Heritage Centre Collection.

Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages Indexes online, Department of Justice, Melbourne.

Geelong Town Council Building Permit Register, entry 460, 22 January 1929, City of Greater Geelong .

Geelong Waterworks & Sewerage Trust Detail Plan No. 14, City of Greater Geelong.

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE (as per original heritage citation)

55 Bellerine Street has architectural and historic significance at a local level. The building is a representative and substantially intact example of a Federation brick and weatherboard commercial and residential structure, of a type once common in the Geelong region. The building retains its characteristic siting, form and details including prominent gable with timber decoration, double hung sash windows and arched entrance porch. The building is sited on a prominent corner location. 55 Bellerine Street has a long historical association with the medical profession

Group

Health Services

Category

Clinic