Residence

The house at 84 High Street is aesthetically significant at a LOCAL level. Although there have been minor alterations to the verandah, the house still demonstrates original design qualities of the Federation style. These qualities include the haracterised by a recessed hipped roof, together with a verandah and gable roof that project towards the street frontage. Other intact qualities include the horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, unpainted red brick and corbelled chimney, wide eaves, timber framed double hung windows, window hood supported by worked timber brackets, gable ridge ornamentation, gable bargeboards and gable infill (stucco work and battening).

The house at 84 High Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with Alexander Thomson's Kardinia farm and later, the Kardinia Extended Estate subdivision of October, 1891.

Overall, the house at 84 High Street is of LOCAL significance.

REFERENCES

1. Shire of South Barwon Rate Books, 1911-12, 1912-13, 1925-26, 1926-27.

2. Sands & McDougall's Directory of Victoria, 1928.

3. I. Wynd, 'Environmental History: Greater Geelong Outer Areas Heritage Study', vol.2.

4. Drainage Plans and Inspectors' Reports, 1927, Barwon Water Profis system. 5. Kardinia Extended Estate subdivision plan, 24 October, 1891, B5/100, Geelong Historical Records Cente.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House