| House | $1,197,700  |
| Unit | $450,600  |
Surrounding suburbs
| Altona North | $963,100 |
| Port Melbourne | $1,603,000 |
| South Kingsville | $1,073,400 |
| West Melbourne | $1,376,000 |
| Yarraville | $1,175,700  |
| House | $643 |
| Unit | $450 |
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| Map | Street view | Nearby property price |
| Planning History: |
| Registered as Victorian heritage |
| The house, constructed c.1889 and the soap factory (former) at 184 Hall Street, Spotswood. How is it Significant? The house and soap factory (former) at 184 Hall Street, Spotswood are of local historic, aesthetic and technical significance to the City of Hobson's Bay. Why is it Significant? Historically, the house is significant as the oldest dwelling in Spotswood and as the only surviving building associated William Hall Snr. who was one of the first settlers in the Spotswood area. It is also significant for its later associations with the industrialist, George Beal, who established the Soap Factory at the rear. The siting of the house adjacent to the rear factory illustrates the transformation of Spotswood from a rural farming area to a major industrial centre during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. (AHC criteria A4, D2 and H1) Aesthetically, the house is significant as the only known example in the Spotswood area and one of the few in the city as a whole of a Victorian Italianate villa with notable detail such as the polychromatic brickwork. The quality of the dwelling in what was then a remote area illustrates the importance of its early owners. (AHC criteria B2, E1 and F1) Technically, the former soap factory is significant as a rare surviving example of its type, which provides important evidence of this industrial process in the early twentieth century. The factory building itself is notable for its relatively high degree of internal and external integrity with original equipment and its unusual curved roof with timber and metal trusses. (AHC criteria B2 and F1) |
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