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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The house at 4 Pevensey Street, Geelong, has significance as a legacy of residential developments in Geelong during the Federation era. Built in 1901 for David Griffiths, brother of William Griffiths who established Griffiths Book Store in Ryrie Street, the house has experienced some alterations and additions, although the early hipped roof forms, front gable and broken back return verandahs are still extant.
The house at 4 Pevensey Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. Although altered and extended, it still demonstrates some original design qualities of the Federation style. These qualities include the recessed hipped roof form, together with the hipped roof and minor gable that project towards the street frontage, and the return broken back verandah that projects to the front and sides. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, predominant single storey height, horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated steel roof cladding, two strapped brick, multi-corbelled chimneys with terra cotta pots (excluding paintwork), modest eaves, turned timber verandah columns, arched and rectangular timber fretwork verandah valances, and the timber framed banks of double hung windows with highlights under the verandah, including the projecting chamfered corner bay. The substantial palm tree also contributes to the significance of the place.
The house at 4 Pevensey Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Geelong during the Federation (c.1895-1915) period. In particular, this house has associations with David Griffiths, solicitor and original owner who had it built in 1901. Griffiths's brother, William Joseph Griffiths, was the founder of the long-established and well-known Geelong book shop, Griffiths Book Store in Ryrie Street.Overall, the house at 4 Pevensey Street is of LOCAL significance.
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