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'''DESCRIPTION:''' This single-storey, double-fronted, asymmetrical villa is a late-Victorian-era dwelling. Constructed of coursed, dressed bluestone with a tuck-pointed finish and red brick dressings, the villa displays typical Gawler-style detailing in the pedimented hood mould and gable vent. The hipped roof with projecting gable bay is clad with corrugated metal. The tall chimneys are of overpainted brick with corbelled caps. Windows to the villa are timber-framed, double-hung sashes and feature arched heads and the door is timber-framed with a fanlight. The concave verandah is clad with corrugated metal and is supported on timber posts with a cast-iron frieze and corner brackets. The front boundary is defined by a rendered low wall with overpainted brick piers with moulded caps and cast-iron panels, with a cast-iron gate. '''STATEMENT OF HERITAGE VALUE:''' This late Victorian villa represents the progression of residential development in the older parts of Gawler from rented workers’ tenements, to housing of more middle class residential character, and the ‘gentrification’ of a formerly industrial precinct. It demonstrates aesthetic merit in its construction and use of local materials and local tradespeople. '''BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:''' The Town of Gawler was first surveyed and planned by Light, Finnis & Co in 1839 as part of the Gawler Special Survey sponsored by a consortium of wealthy investors including Henry Dundas Murray, John Reid & others. The original town plan devised by Light and laid out by William Jacob comprised 240 acres, made up of 100 acres of allotments (as 200 half-acre allotments) and 140 acres of streets, parklands, city squares, churches, cemeteries and other public places. Each of the original Special Survey investors was allocated township blocks along with their country acres, proportionate to the extent of their investment. Allotment 179 of section 24 in the Hundred of Mudla Wirra was transferred to James Prendergast of Gawler, Tailor and Clothier, in November 1889, under mortgage to the Gawler Permanent Building and Investment Society. He had recently arrived in South Australia from Ireland, and set up a shop near the Old Spot Hotel in Murray Street where he conducted a successful tailoring and drapery business. It is likely that the dwelling was constructed in the early to mid 1890s as in 1894 the property was rated at an improved value of £19/4/-. It remained in the possession of the Prendergast family until James Prendergast’s death in 1939, after which it was transferred to Sydney Garfield Mortimer, shunter, and Lillian Agnes Mortimer his wife, both of Wallaroo, as executors. The following year the title was transferred to Leslie Harold Duncan, printer, and Eileen Cooper, spinster (they were married a month later), both of Gawler. Please <[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/albums/72157714962894717 click here]> to view photos of 15 King Street. '''Acknowledgments''' This report has been prepared by the following people: • Nancy Cromar (Flightpath Architects) • Deborah Morgan (Flightpath Architects) • Kate Paterson (Flightpath Architects) • Douglas Alexander (Flightpath Architects) The study team would like to acknowledge the assistance of the following people: • David Petruzzella (Strategic Planner; Town of Gawler) • Jacinta Weiss (Cultural Heritage Centre Coordinator; Town of Gawler) • Jane Strange (Senior Development and Strategic Policy Officer; Town of Gawler) Gawler History Team Inc. thanks: Flightpath Architects, Ryan Viney and the Town of Gawler for allowing us access to this important document of Gawler History. www.flightpatharchitects.com.au . The fields below can each contain multiple values. Separate them with a comma.
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