House

Parent Place or Precinct

26586 Central York Heritage Area

Statement of Significance

Residence 9 South Street is significant as a fine example of the late Victorian Georgian period demonstrating an uncommon and particularly decorative face brickwork on the front facade, making a significant contribution to the historic townscape of York.

Physical Description

A rendered front fence flanks a central set of concrete stairs that lead from the street front to the elevated central front entry of the veranda. The single storey residence with a high pitched hipped roof that features two small gablets with fine horizontal detailing, symmetrical on the front. The front façade is symmetrical, detailed in decorative brick in an unusual reverse-tone stretcher bond. The central front door is flanked by single double-hung sash windows. The front veranda has a separate new hipped skillion roof supported by square chamfered timber posts.

History

Lots 27 and 28 were originally Avon locations X and Y-(100 acres). DuBois Agett arrived in the Colony in 1830, a member of the London Stock exchange, however his farming and business interests failed and he became a clerk in the Customs Dept, and explored the Avon Valley with RH Bland in 1834. In December 1840 DuBois Agett, a gentleman, acquired this property.
The adjacent Lot 28 was on-sold in 1884, and it is likely that this lot was on-sold and the residence constructed about that time.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: High
Authenticity: Moderate/High

Condition

Good

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