| House | $1,101,900  |
| Unit | $762,500  |
| Land | $256,600 |
Surrounding suburbs
| Drumcondra | $1,569,500  |
| East Geelong | $937,000 |
| Geelong West | $1,006,600 |
| Newtown | $1,182,600 |
| North Geelong | $655,200 |
| House | $509 |
| Unit | $496 |
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| Map | Street view | Nearby property price |
| Planning History: |
| Registered as Victorian heritage |
| The cottage at 1 McKenzie Street, Geelong, has significance as a moderately intact example of a Victorian vernacular style. Built before 1854-55 for Ebenezer Davies, the house has been altered, with most original fabric having been replaced. However, it is in good condition when viewed from the street. The cottage at 1 McKenzie Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. Although altered, it still demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian vernacular style. These qualities include the double gable roof forms that traverse the site, together with the skillion verandah that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the modest scale, asymmetrical composition, single storey height, horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated steel roof cladding, narrow eaves, brick chimney (but not overpainting) with multi-corbelled top, side timber doorway at the front, timber framed, double hung 12 paned windows at the front, and the square timber verandah columns. The cottage at 1 McKenzie Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Geelong in the mid 19th century. In particular, this cottage has associations with Ebenezer Davies, original owner prior to 1854-55 who worked the tan pits in Marnock Vale close to Rocky Point. Davies leased a site to James Harrison at Marnock Vale, where he conducted his first refrigeration experiments. The cottage also has associations with Robert Balding, later owner and 19th century Geelong architect, Surveyor for the Borough of Newtown and Chilwell, and later the Geelong Town Council. Overall, the cottage at 1 McKenzie Street is of LOCAL significance. REFERENCE Reports and Drainage Plans, Barwon Water profis system, 1920, 1961, 1963. Land Title Search APP 69395, Lands Office, Marland House, Bourke Street, Melbourne. Voters' Roll, Barwon Ward, 1992, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Electoral Roll, Division Corio, Subdivision Geelong, 1984, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Sands & McDougall's Directory of Geelong, 1972, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Sands & McDougall's "Invicta" Geelong Directory,1968, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Geelong City Council Rate Books (Barwon Ward), 1854-1960, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Geelong City Council Valuations Books (Barwon Ward), 1854-1872, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Town Plan of Geelong 1881, Geelong Historical Records Centre. Morrow, W., J., Index to the Geelong Advertiser, 29 September, 1897. 1 September, 1898. Investigator, Magazine of the Geelong Historical Society, February, 1968, June, 1984, March, 1992. D. Rowe, 'Architecture of Geelong: 1860-1900', Bachelor of Architecture Thesis, Deakin University, Geelong, 1991, p.15. |
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