Survey Data
Reg No
31204110
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Miller's house
Date
1925 - 1930
Coordinates
124742, 318952
Date Recorded
06/07/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey mill owner's house, built 1929, on an L-shaped plan with single-bay full-height projecting end bay. Now disused[?]. Pitched slate roof on an L-shaped plan with roll moulded terracotta ridge tiles, rendered chimney stacks on axis with ridge having corbelled stepped capping supporting terracotta pots, timber bargeboards to gables on timber purlins with terracotta finials to apexes, and replacement uPVC rainwater goods on timber eaves boards on box eaves. Part creeper- or ivy-covered rendered walls (ground floor) with rendered stringcourse; gritdashed roughcast surface finish (first floor). Square-headed central door opening with concrete threshold, and concealed dressings with hood moulding over framing glazed timber panelled door having overlight. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings with hood mouldings over framing timber casement windows. Set back from line of street in unkempt landscaped grounds with wrought iron railings to perimeter centred on wrought iron gate.
Appraisal
A house representing an integral component of the early twentieth-century domestic built heritage of Ballina with the architectural value of the composition, one allegedly erected for the proprietor of the adjacent saw mill (extant 1925), suggested by such attributes as the compact plan form centred on a restrained doorcase; the slight diminishing in scale of the openings on each floor producing a graduated visual impression with the principal "apartments" defined by a bay window; and the timber work embellishing the roofline. Having been well maintained, the elementary form and massing survive intact together with substantial quantities of the original fabric, thus upholding the character or integrity of a house making a pleasing visual statement overlooking the River Moy.