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Newtown, (Geelong), Noble St, 113

VHD Statement of Significance:

This property has regional historical significance as an example of the early residences built on large

allotments in fine rural settings for Newtown's gentry. Know earlier as "Rosebank" and constructed c1861, it

has historical associations with James Scott, a well known Geelong district timber merchant, who lived there

from the 1860s until his death, and from the 1950s with Newtown's All Saints Anglican Church when in 1956, it

was converted into All Saints Peace Memorial Hall. It has original architectural significance as a dignified

Classical bluestone building with some interior elements surviving. Important elements include its unpainted

masonry, fine masonry mouldings, fanlight and twelve -pane windows

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Uploaded on May 10, 2021
Taken on May 4, 2002