Blanch Street 22
| Place type: | Building |
|---|---|
| Address: | Blanch Street 22 |
| Town or Locality: | Gawler East |
DESCRIPTION:
This mid-Victorian symmetrical double-fronted cottage is constructed of sandstone rubble with overpainted brick quoins and dressings. The double, transverse-gabled roof has expressed parapet ends, the front pair topped by an intact face brick chimney at each end, with another two at the rear. The building is roofed in corrugated galvanised iron, which also clads the concave verandah.
A cast-iron lace frieze and corner brackets, with simple timber posts, spans the front façade. The house has timber-framed double-hung sash windows flanking the central panelled timber entrance door.
A Cyclone wire mesh front fence, with rolled steel pedestrian gate, and gabled carport addition to the north side are of later construction.
STATEMENT OF HERITAGE VALUE:
Constructed between 1879 and 1882, the cottage at 22 Blanch Street, Gawler East demonstrates the subdivision and residential development of ‘Mahoney’s Paddock’ from the 1870s as an extension to the earlier Gawler East division and sett
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