House

Statement of Significance

The impressive and prominently located house at 136 Vincent Street is an exemplar of the Federation Queen Anne style, with some of the finest extant detail in the district. It is a important townscape element.

Physical Description

This is a large and impressive single storey residence on a prominent corner location. The building has a large hipped tiled roof with tall facebrick chimneys. The flying gables over the bay windows to the main front rooms have two layers of half timbered decoration and are amongst the finest examples in the district. The verandah is handsomely proportioned with narrow bays given a skipping rhythm through the simple corner details. Verandah balustrades are intact. Face brickwork is tuck pointed with a stucco bandsat dado height. Windows and door joinery is original. A substantial garden with plantings that obscured views behind the brick pillar and wrought iron front fence was in place in 2002. In 2003 works were undertaken which included the removal of all plantings. None apparent

History

The Post Office Directories list no dwellings for the north side of Vincent Street between William and Fitzgerald Streets until 1912. There were 9 houses listed between Ethel and Fitzgerald Streets in 1915, including No 136, on the corner of Ethel Street. It is one of the larger residences in the area.

Integrity/Authenticity

Very high

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