Clutha Cottage, 20 Mercer Street, Queenscliff

20 Mercer Street QUEENSCLIFF, QUEENSCLIFFE BOROUGH

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Clutha Cottage, 20 Mercer Street, Queenscliff

Statement of Significance

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  • Physical Description 1

    Clutha Cottage, 20 Mercer Street, Queenscliff - Physical Description 1

    Clutha is built on an asymmetrical plan with intersecting gable roofs to each bay.

    Scrolled valences decorate each of these gables and a bayed window was placed on the south-eastern bay. Typically, Clutha is set on rubble limestone foundations which support perimeter bearers. A detail which underscores the fact that it was constructed by its owner is the unusual use of double-hung sashes which slide vertically into a timber cavity wall.

    Extract from the 2009 study

    Clutha Cottage is a weatherboard-clad house built in a Domestic Gothic or Tudor Revival style, on an asymmetrical plan with steeply pitched intersecting gable roofs to each bay. Scrolled valences and a finial decorate each of the gables and a bay window is located on the south-eastern gable. The property is set on rubble limestone foundations. An unusual detail is the use of double-hung sash windows which slide vertically into a timber cavity wall, probably indicative of its owner-built origins.

    The original slate roof on Clutha Cottage was replaced by corrugated iron for much of the twentieth century and has been reinstated since the 1984 study. The original concave verandah roof has also been replaced by a straight pitch, probably after 1900. The external adjustable shutters on the north face, which had previously been removed, have now been reinstated. It is also possible that the roof to the window bay has been replaced.

    Physical Description 2

    Clutha Cottage, 20 Mercer Street, Queenscliff - Physical Description 2

    The slate roof on Clutha appears to have been originally shingled. This is now covered by corrugated iron. The former concave roof verandah has been replaced by a straight pitch, probably after 1900, and the external adjustable shutters on the north face have been removed. It is also possible that the roof to the window bay has been replaced, being originally similar to Rosenfeld.

    Physical Description 3

    Clutha Cottage, 20 Mercer Street, Queenscliff - Physical Description 3

    Built in a 'domestic gothic' or a Tudor based style, Clutha is unusual owing to construction material, and its age and the cavity-sash windows. Most surviving houses of this style are of masonry; timber examples being rare, especially of this age. (See also Sea View House, 13-15 Stephens Street). Clutha's association with William Pagan is important to Queenscliff.

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    Clutha Cottage, 20 Mercer 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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