Residence

The house at 7 Scott Street is aesthetically significant at a LOCAL level. Although it has undergone a number of alterations, possibly when it was moved to the site in c.1929, it still demonstrates original design qualities of the Victorian Italianate style. These qualities include the asymmetrical arrangement of the hipped and projecting pyramidal roof forms, with the concave verandah along the side. Other intact qualities include the weatherboard wall cladding, painted galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, timber framed double hung windows under the verandah, front panelled timber door and sidelights, narrow eaves, and the worked timber eaves brackets. The house also makes a significant contribution to the residential streetscape formed predominantly by single storey weatherboard and brick interwar and postwar houses.

The house at 7 Scott Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the Hilltop Estate Subdivision of February, 1922.

Overall, the house at 7 Scott Street is of LOCAL significance.

REFERENCE

1. Shire of South Barwon Rate Books, 1924-25, 1927-28, 1930-31.

2. Sands & McDougall's Directory of Victoria, 1934, 1957, 1972.

3. Hilltop Estate Subdivision Map, 25 February, 1922, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

4. Drainage Plans and Inspector's Reports, 1929, Barwon Water Profis system.

5. Interview by Rowe and Huddle with Mr Eric Lyons, retired Geelong builder, 3 March, 1999.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House