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MILTON
14 APHRASIA STREET NEWTOWN, GREATER GEELONG CITY

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MILTON HOUSE SOHE 2008

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Statement of Significance

Milton was erected in 1857-58 for prominent Geelong pharmacist and politician Charles Kernot. It was designed by leading Geelong architects Backhouse and Reynolds in Renaissance Revival style. It is a two storey asymmetrical stuccoed masonry town house with hipped roof of slate, bracketed eaves and rusticated quoins.

Milton is of architectural and historical significance to the State of Victoria.

Milton is important as an extraordinary example of the work of leading Geelong architects Backhouse and Reynolds. It is also a particularly fine example of an elegant Renaissance Revival town house of the mid nineteenth century.

Milton is important for its association with the Kernot family, with the house being built for Charles Kernot, chemist, stationer, councillor and politician, whose eldest son became the first graduate in civil engineering at Melbourne University and also became that institution's first professor of engineering.

[Source: Report to the Minister.]

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  MILTON - Permit Exemptions
  
  General Exemptions:
  General exemptions apply to all places and objects included in the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR). General exemptions have been designed to allow everyday activities, maintenance and changes to your property, which don’t harm its cultural heritage significance, to proceed without the need to obtain approvals under the Heritage Act 2017.
  Places of worship: In some circumstances, you can alter a place of worship to accommodate religious practices without a permit, but you must notify the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria before you start the works or activities at least 20 business days before the works or activities are to commence.
  Subdivision/consolidation: Permit exemptions exist for some subdivisions and consolidations. If the subdivision or consolidation is in accordance with a planning permit granted under Part 4 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and the application for the planning permit was referred to the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria as a determining referral authority, a permit is not required.
  Specific exemptions may also apply to your registered place or object. If applicable, these are listed below. Specific exemptions are tailored to the conservation and management needs of an individual registered place or object and set out works and activities that are exempt from the requirements of a permit. Specific exemptions prevail if they conflict with general exemptions.
  
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  Permit Exemption Policy
  
  MILTON - Permit Exemption Policy
  
  Exemptions of Permit:
  
  Interior Decorative Schemes
  
  Interior painting / wall-papering to walls and ceilings, provided the preparation work for painting / papering does not remove evidence of the building's original paint or other decorative scheme.
  
  Removal of existing carpets / flexible floor coverings e.g. vinyl.
  
  Installation of carpets and flexible floor coverings
  
  Installation of curtain track, rod, blinds.
  
  Refurbishment of bathrooms, toilets, kitchens.
  
  Refurbishment of bathroom /toilet/ensuite including removal of existing sanitary fixtures and associated piping, mirrors, and wall and floor coverings, and installation of new fixtures, and wall and floor coverings .
  
  Removal of existing kitchen benches and fixtures (stoves, dishwashers etc.) and floor coverings and installation of new kitchen benches and fixtures, including associated plumbing and wiring.
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Record Details

Place ID
4799
Location
14 APHRASIA STREET NEWTOWN, GREATER GEELONG CITY
Municipality
GREATER GEELONG CITY
Heritage Listing
Victorian Heritage Register
Level of significance
Registered
Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number
H1164

Heritage Overlay Numbers
HO202
Extent of Registration

AMENDMENT OF REGISTER OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS
Historic Building No. 1164:
Milton, 14 Aphrasia Street, Newtown, City of Greater Geelong.
Extent:
To the extent of:
1. All of the buildings known as Milton comprising the main house marked B-1 on Plan 605974 endorsed by the Chair, Historic Buildings Council and held by the Director, Historic Buildings Council.
2. All of the land described in Certificate of Title Volume 5056 Folio 104, marked L-1 on Plan 605974 endorsed by the Chair, Historic Buildings Council and held by the Director, Historic Buildings Council.
[Victoria Government Gazette No. G15 18 April 1996 p.956]
Year Construction Started
1857
VHR Registration
April 18, 1996
Architect
Backhouse & Reynolds
Heritage Act Categories
Registered place
Category

Residential buildings (private)