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Sefton, 22 King Street, Queenscliff
22 King Street QUEENSCLIFF, QUEENSCLIFFE BOROUGH

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Sefton, 22 King Street, Queenscliff

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Statement of Significance

Statement of Significance as recorded under the Queenscliff Heritage Study 2009

Sefton is of historical significance as an early Queenscliff residence, built and occupied by pilot William O'Neil, and for its association with other prominent residents in the community, including pilot Henry Reed and hotelier George Admans. It is also of historical and architectural significance as a substantially intact example of a mid-nineteenth century house in Queenscliff. It forms part of a cohesive group of early houses in this part of King Street, all of which were constructed by early Queenscliff pilots. The group is of particular interest for its contrast with the form of development seen at Pilots Row.

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- Physical Description 1
  
  Sefton, 22 King Street, Queenscliff - Physical Description 1
  
  Sefton is an M-hip roofed house built of stuccoed brickwork and appointed with a shallow concave-roof verandah. The verandah has stop-chamfered timber posts and cast-iron finished brackets of a simple pattern which were probably an addition. Across the front is a low spade-head picket fence Qnd gate. It retained a lush side garden until early this century, having originally been ornamental Cypress. Onto this garden faced three shuttered windows.(7)
  
  Physical Description 2
  
  Sefton, 22 King Street, Queenscliff - Physical Description 2
  
  An 1860s stuccoed brick house with M-hip roof and coancave verandah. One of a group of three similar houses.
  
  Basically intact.
  
  Physical Description 3
  
  Sefton, 22 King Street, Queenscliff - Physical Description 3
  
  Extract from the 2009 study
  
  Sefton is a double-fronted single-storey symmetrically composed brick Victorian house, which is set back from King Street behind a small front garden. A timber picket fence extends across the King Street boundary. There is a panelled timber door at centre and this is flanked by double-hung sash windows. The house has a hipped roof clad in slate tile. There are cement rendered brick chimneys at each end. A verandah with timber posts and a convex roof extends across the King Street (south) elevation. Decorative brackets fixed to the posts of the verandah are not original.
  
  Intactness
  
  Sefton, 22 King Street, Queenscliff - Intactness
  
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  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Queenscliffe - Queenscliffe Urban Conservation Study
  
  Author: Allom Lovell & Associates P/L, Architects
  Year: 1982
  Grading:
  
  Queenscliffe - Queenscliffe Heritage Study
  
  Author: Lovell Chen
  Year: 2009
  Grading:
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- LATHAMSTOWE
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H1052
- PILOTS COTTAGES
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H1618
- ROSENFELD
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H1134