Residence

The house at 22 Peary Street is aesthetically significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of the interwar Old English style. These qualities include the steeply pitched gable roof form that traverses the site, together with a minor gable and gabled verandah porch that project towards the street frontage. Other intact qualities include the unpainted brick construction, cement roof tiles, multi-corbelled unpainted brick chimney, modest eaves, timber framed double hung windows arranged as a pair and horizontal bank of three on the street facade, window hoods, pointed verandah door opening with a frame of lighter brick coursing and voussoirs, corbelled brick gable ends and gable ventilators. The garden path and front fence contribute to the significance of the place. The house also makes a significant contribution to the predominantly single storey residential, interwar streetscape.

The house at 22 Peary Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the Belmont Heights Estate subdivision of 1913, and with Eric Lyons, local Geelong builder.

Overall, the house at 22 Peary Street is of LOCAL significance.

REFERENCE

1. Belmont Heights Estate subdivision plan, 6 December, 1913, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

2. Shire of South Barwon Rate Books, 1939-40, 1940-41, 1943-44, 1947-48, 1955-57, 1957-60.

3. Interview by Rowe and Huddle with Mr Eric Lyons, 3 March, 1999.

4. Drainage Plans and Inspectors' Reports, 1941, Barwon Water Profis system.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House