House 13 View Street

Statement of Significance

Residence, 13 View Street is significant for associations with Royal Marine Pensioner George Bagg, Samuel Craig who built and owned the Castle Hotel, and, William James who likely constructed the residence. It is a fine example of a stone residence in Victorian Georgian architectural style, into the beginning of the Federation period and makes a significant contribution to the history and historical townscape of York.

Physical Description

The residence is located at the top of a rise, sloping away on one side and to the rear. It is close to the road with a garden in the setback from the 1920s timber-framed decorative wire fence. The single storey face stone residence has a hipped roof. A bullnose veranda runs the entire perimeter of the residence with enclosures to the rear. The veranda is supported by square timber posts and criss-cross timber balustrades. The symmetrical frontage shows a central front door and double-hung windows flanking it, each with rendered surrounds. Tall painted brick corbelled chimneys are at the ends of the roof line.

History

York Suburban Lot P3 (4 acres) was surveyed in 1855, and granted to George Bagg in 1859 for his military service. He was a pensioner formerly a private in the Royal Marines. Samuel Craig purchased the property in 1861. Having arrived in the colony in 1851 with his wife Mary and children, it is claimed that he built and owned the Castle Hotel. After he died in 1869, his wife and family stayed until they subdivided into 11 lots in 1893, creating View Street at that time. Lot 5 was transferred to William James, a contractor, who is likely to have constructed the stone house. The Rate Book shows that in 1908 the residence was occupied by Walter John Wedgewood, a stonemason. In 1918, the George Boyle, a York farmer, purchased the property. In 1922 Michael Merrick as carrier from York purchased the property. In 1949 the Cassidy family who ran the night carts, bought the property and stayed for 42 years. It has changed hands a few times since then.

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Integrity: High
Authenticity: Moderate/High

Condition

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