Redbanks Road 40 Willaston
| Place type: | Building |
|---|---|
| Address: | 40 Redbanks Road |
| Town or Locality: | Willaston |
DESCRIPTION:
This asymmetrical Federation-style villa with projecting corner gable is set back from the road with a generous garden setting. It is constructed of coursed sandstone with tuck-pointed finish, and red brick quoins and detailing. The Dutch gable roof, and projecting corner and south facing gables, are clad with corrugated metal, and feature strapped pressed metal panels to gables. The roof has been extended to the rear over a later addition. Chimneys are of red face brick with corbelled caps. The villa features timber-framed casement windows with leadlight glazing and a timber-framed timber panel door. The bullnose return verandah is clad with corrugated metal and supported on timber posts with cast iron feet and decorated with carved timber brackets and timber frieze. The front boundary is defined by a later sheet metal fence.
STATEMENT OF HERITAGE VALUE:
Likely built in the early 1900s for Carl Freiderich Hermann Scholz and his wife, this substantial villa is an intact and quality example of Federation-era development, common along this portion of Redbanks Road which followed the subdivision of the once sizeable land holding. The superior timber, stone and brick detailing to the villa, as well as its generous setting, reflect its prominent location, with a large frontage to Redbanks Road.
BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
The original plan of Gawler Town prepared by Light, Finniss and Co in 1839 was extended as additional townships were added over the next two decades. These townships included: Willaston in 1848; Gawler East in 1849; Bertha in 1850; Evanston in 1853; Gawler North, Gawler West and Bassett Town in 1857; and Gawler South in 1858. Later smaller subdivisions included the Edith/Blanche Street area of Gawler East in 1873, Gulf View in 1876, and Waltham in 1878. A later stage of development saw the creation of Olive Hill in 1891 and Berrett Town in 1910. By the turn of the twentieth century the town boundaries had extended into adjoining farming lands and larger allotments were gradually being subdivided and developed.
Section 692 in the Hundred of Mudla Wirra, County of Gawler, was first granted in 1853 to Eli Holmes, Publican, and Thomas Lacey, Mining Captain, both of Gawler, and subsequently partitioned with part to Alfred Atkinson, gentleman of Adelaide. Though not originally included in the nearby formal subdivision of Section 134 by that name, this locality on the south west side of Redbanks Road came to be known in the early 20th century as Waltham; the township name is no longer used.
In 1907 a Certificate of Title covering a portion of section 692 was issued to Carl Friedrich Hermann Scholz of Willaston, shoemaker, and Johanna Augusta Scholz, his wife. This land comprised a little less than 32 acres and was bounded by the government road on three sides. Over the next twenty years one to two acre building blocks were progressively sold off with frontages to the northern road, which would later become Redbanks Road.
Portion of section 692, Hundred of Mudla Wilrra, County of Gawler, was transferred to Susan Leeder of Willaston, widow, on 20 December 1920. The land parcel comprised just under two acres with a frontage to Redbanks Road. Construction of the Federation era dwelling currently occupying the land may have preceded this date. It has not been possible to confirm this assumption, though the slight skewing of the structure’s alignment in relation to the property boundaries tends to lend weight.
Susan Leeder, nee Maxwell (1870-1939) was the widow of William Ernest Ambrose Leeder, a farmer, who died as the result of an accident at Manoora in 1913 aged 42 years. He had been driving a wagon loaded with wood when the horses bolted, throwing him under the wheel. Susan was left a young widow with four children. Her husband’s estate amounted to £12,500. She was a daughter of James Laidlaw Maxwell and Mary Ann Maxwell.
After her death in 1939 the property was transferred to Alfred William Morey Ward of Willaston, fruiterer (in 1941), and on his death in 1 943 to Alfred Walter Ward, of Corney Point, school teacher, and Leonard Morey Ward, of Willaston, merchant, as executors. The next transfers were to Stella Hancock of Redbanks Road, Willaston, home duties (in 1969); Raphael Vincent Fitzsimmons Campbell of 40 Redbanks Road Willaston, retired, and Daphne Getha Kathleen Campbell, his wife (in 1970).
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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
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References
- LTO CT1163/17; CT1150/195; CT2039/129; CT791/179; CT772/113; CT2781/101; CT330/43; CT1185/81
- State Library of SA: Frederick Foote Turner BRG 1 78/1 Series 1
- Hignett & Company Gawler Heritage Study Stage 1 December 1981
- Bunyip 12 December 1868 p.4
- Gawler Standard 4 Jan 1879 p.2
- Kapunda Herald 25 July 1913 p.3
- Register 21 December 1866 p.4
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