Seventh Street 24
| Place type: | Building |
|---|---|
| Address: | 24 Seventh Street |
| Town or Locality: | Gawler South |
DESCRIPTION:
This large elegant single-storey, double-fronted asymmetrical villa is of quality late-Victorian form and detailing. The hipped roof is clad with corrugated galvanised iron with a projecting gable form to the south. Windows are timber-framed and double-hung with some multipaned sashes. The villa features an entry to the main façade with a semi-circular arched head and headlight glazing to the fanlight above, and a secondary entrance to the projecting bay with French doors. Chimneys are of face red brick with moulded caps. The return concave verandah features a corner gablet and is clad with corrugated metal supported on square timber posts with cast-iron frieze panels and corner brackets, and a timber horn finial to the gablet. A non-original timber fence and latticed lych gate defines the front boundary.
STATEMENT OF HERITAGE VALUE:
The villa at 24 Seventh Street, Gawler South, demonstrates the increase in quality residential development in the area bolstered by Gawler’s prosperity and attracted by the establishment of local industry. The fine and substantially intact mid-Victorian era residence displays distinctive local materials and details
BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
Gawler South was surveyed and subdivided for sale in 1858, following completion of the main railway to Gawler in 1857. Seventh Street was originally named ‘Bridge Street’, along with Tenth and Twelfth Streets, on the registered plan. The site comprises allotment 109 of Section 3 of Gawler South.
The property was originally owned by John Martin (stableman) from September 1868. The property was transferred to Edward Hanna (carter) in August 1874 and henceforth from his widow Patience Sanderson in July 1909 to Frances Davidson in November 1919 and to her husband Richard Davidson (orchardist) in March 1925.
The date of construction of the house is unknown however it would appear to date from the mid to late 1870’s.
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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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