"Antrim" - Residence

The house at 167 McKillop Street, Geelong, has significance as a reasonably intact example of the Edwardian style. Built between 1905 and 1908 by Thomas Sleven, the building appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street.

The house at 167 McKillop Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of an Edwardian style. These qualities include the complex roof forms that include the recessed broad hipped roof, gable that projects towards the street frontage, rear gable that projects at the side, front hipped verandah and the return verandah, together with the recessed squat tower that has a hipped (pyramdial) roof. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the galvanised corrugated steel roof cladding, horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, two unpainted brick chimneys with projecting rendered tops and terra cotta pots, modest eaves with exposed timber rafters, encircling timber fretwork and curved timber verandah valances, worked timber verandah posts, projecting bay at the front with timber framed casement windows and leadlighted highlights, timber framed double hung (including the other front windows with three panelled timber bases), timber framed doorway at the side, modest tower eaves with decorative timber brackets, decorative tower upper wall panels and strapping, timberwork simulating shingling under the eaves, and the gable infill (curving timber fretwork and timberwork simulating shingling).

The house at 167 McKillop Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Geelong during the Edwardian (c.1890-1915) period. In particular, this house has associations with Thomas Sleven, original owner who built it between 1905 and 1908.

Overall, the house at 167 McKillop Street is of LOCAL significance.

References

Reports and Drainage Plans, Barwon Water profis system, 1921, 1952, 1960, 1982.

Voters' Roll, Barwon Ward, 1992, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

Electoral Roll, Division Corio, Subdivision Geelong, 1984, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

Sands & McDougall's Directory of Geelong, 1972, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

Sands & McDougall's "Invicta" Geelong Directory,1968, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

Geelong City Council Rate Books (Barwon Ward), 1906-1960, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

Town Plan of Geelong 1881, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Residence