HOUSE, 59 SOUTH STREET

Physical Description

House, 59 South Street is a single storey brick and tile house constructed in the Inter-War California Bungalow style of Architecture. The walls are rendered brick on a painted limestone foundation with three courses of red face brick above. The roof is hipped and gabled and clad with tiles. There is a red brick chimney evident. The verandah is under the main roof at a different pitch and is supported by rendered columns on a rendered half wall balustrade. There are timber framed windows, and a garage with roller door under the main roof. Vegetation in the front yard prevents further description of the front elevation. There is a low rendered wall to the front boundary line.

History

The rate books show no listing for 1924-5, but in 1934-5 and again in 1944-5 there is a tennis court on Parts 1 & 2 and a wood yard on Part 3. A colour photo from 1994 shows a rendered masonry dwelling on limestone foundations with a double row of exposed red brick at the bottom of the wall and red brick window sills. The roof is red and dark mottled tiles, with a hipped roof with a ridge running parallel to the front wall, a separate hip over the protruding front room on the right hand side, and an extension of the ridge at a lower level and hips over a garage under the main roof on the right hand side. There is a verandah on the left hand side of the front that extends as a canopy over the window on the protruding room on the right hand side. The verandah has a low rendered wall and is supported by double classical columns near the central front door and one or two columns (view obscured) on the left hand side. The window on the protruding room has 2 casements either side of a

Integrity/Authenticity

High degree of integrity (original intent clear, current use compatible, high long term sustainability). High degree of authenticity with much original fabric remaining. (These statements based on street survey only).

Condition

Condition assessed as good (assessed from streetscape survey only).

Uses

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