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State Savings Bank House
56 Home Road NEWPORT, Hobsons Bay City
Hanmer Street Heritage Precinct

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State Savings Bank House, Hobsons Bay Heritage Study 2006
State Savings Bank House, Hobsons Bay Heritage Study 2006
State Savings Bank House, Hobsons Bay Heritage Study 2006
State Savings Bank House, Hobsons Bay Heritage Study 2006
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Statement of Significance

What is Significant?

The State Savings Bank (SSB) house, designed by GB Leith and constructed in 1923, at 56 Home Road, Newport.

How is it Significant?

The SSB house at 56 Home Road, Newport is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay.

Why is it Significant?

Historically, it is significant as a representative example of a SSB financed home, a program which pioneered today's bank loans for home ownership and contributed to the development of Newport in the Interwar era. (AHC criterion A4)

Aesthetically, it is significant as a well-preserved example of a Californian Bungalow, as exemplified by its overlapping gables, wire fabric fence and shingle gable cladding.
(AHC criterion E1)

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    • Physical Description 1

      State Savings Bank House - Physical Description 1

      The design of this typical Californian Bungalow style weatherboard house was probably drawn from the State Savings Bank pattern books, which were prepared under the supervision of the bank's chief architect, GB Leith (of well-known architectural firm, Leith & Bartlett). The style's overlapping roof gables and shingling are seen in many examples throughout the suburbs, the Edwardian-era front door used in this example marking the often conservative choice of western suburban house builders.

      Although not original, the woven wire front fence is a type that is typical of the era.

      Integrity

      State Savings Bank House - Integrity

      External Condition

      Good

      External Integrity

      High

      Physical Description 2

      State Savings Bank House - Physical Description 2

      Context

      This house is a contributory part of Halls Farm Residential Precinct being mainly Edwardian-era and inter-war housing.

      Historical Australian Themes

      State Savings Bank House - Historical Australian Themes

      Making Suburbs

      Physical Description 3

      State Savings Bank House - Physical Description 3

      Associations

      John Stewart, Charles M Stephens, State Savings Bank of Victoria, GB Leith

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Hobsons Bay - Hobsons Bay Heritage Study

      Author: Hobsons Bay City Council
      Year: 2006
      Grading:

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