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Barwon Mill Cottages. 42-52 Lower Paper Mills Road, Fyansford. Geelong, Victoria

Barwon Mill Cottages. 42-52 Lower Paper Mills Road. Fyansford, Geelong. Victoria

This row of six single storey double fronted workers cottages was built between 1878 and 1879 in local bluestone and designed by Joseph Watts as part of the historic Barwon Paper Mill Victorian era industrial complex and a rare example of British model company housing ensuring that it has the highest heritage protection being on the Victorian Heritage Register (H0743)1, National Trust Register2 and part of a City of Greater Geelong heritage overlay HO2083.

 

Wellwood Terrace: 82-92 Gheringhap Street, Geelong. Victoria

Wellwood Terrace: 82-92 Gheringhap Street, Geelong. Victoria

Wellwood Terrace: 82-92 Gheringhap Street, Geelong. Victoria

“Wellwood Terrace” is Geelong’s largest terrace.  A row of six two storey terrace houses in the CBD it was build in 1887 as a row of four by J Wellwood  and believed to be the work of Joseph Watts and later extended.

The terrace has a visible corrugated iron roof with prominent party walls and pairs of chimneys shared between pairs of houses evident along the roofline.  The cornice is plain but with simple eaves brackets.

The terrace is set on a steep grade and is elevated off the street with staircases leading up towards the lower section.

Austin Terraces: 21 Carr Street. South Geelong, Victoria

Austin Terraces: 8-12 Mundy Street.  South Geelong, Victoria.  Image by Michael Wong licenced under CC-SA
Photo by: Marcus Wong licenced under (CC-SA)

Austin Terraces: 8-12 Mundy Street. South Geelong, Victoria

Austin Terraces are part of the Austin Hall complex and are situated directly opposite South Geelong railway station. The 1886 terraces are of historic importance to Geelong, having been built by the philanthropist Elizabeth Austin a wealthy pastoralist who built the complex on Yarra Street for needy elderly women. There are two rows of six identical terraces flanking the clocktower complex designed by Joseph Watts.



Recent Comments
  • rohan: And just went past and now roof is gone and back being bulldozed leaving what looks like a 3m depth left !
  • miffed: Oh this is such a sad a sad thing to observe. Surely couldn’t it all be restored if someone had the...
  • Dave M: These houses are looking a lot better now with the balconies repaired, the ironwork restored and matching,...
  • Jeremy: Awesome, i wish there were more areas like this. I want to live and work in this area.
  • Monica: I work in GPT, and have always been fascinated by these terraces (and a little disappointed that...
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