School Teacher’s Residence

Item details


Name of item:	School Teacher’s Residence
Other name/s:	Young Wallsend Schoolteacher' Residence
Type of item:	Built
Group/Collection:	Education
Category:	Staff housing
Primary address:	7 Minmi Road, Edgeworth, NSW 2285
Parish:	Teralba
County:	Northumberland
Local govt. area:	Lake Macquarie

All addresses

Street Address	Suburb/town	LGA	Parish	County	Type
7 Minmi Road	Edgeworth	Lake Macquarie	Teralba	Northumberland	Primary Address

Statement of significance:


	SIGNIFICANCE - 1993: The schoolteacher's house has been an important part of the village streetscape for over 100 years. It is evident from the size and quality of the house that the schoolteacher's position was that of a leader of the community. The fine construction of the house demonstrates the high skills of building craftsmen available in the district 100 years ago. It is rare to find a house built with a separate kitchen wing, in which the kitchen wing has survived intact. LEVEL of SIGNIFICANCE - 1993: Local Significance - high
	Date significance updated: 15 May 08
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Description


Designer/Maker:	Government Architect's Office
Builder/Maker:	John Rodgers
Construction years:	1890-1891
Physical description:	PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS - 1993: Architectural Style: Standard Government Architect's version of Victorian Italianate. Materials: Frame - brick Roof - hipped & gabled, CGI cladding Walls/Cladding - painted brick Windows - DH, 4-panes/sash, sandstone(?) sills Floors - ? Interior - Front gable with finial has a bay window with small hipped roof. Two large chimneys with stepped brickwork. Large separate hipped roof brick kitchen wing on the back, with tall brick chimney & weatherboard clad skillion (probably a scullery) on the south side. This large 5-room house, much more expensive in construction than any other local house, gives an indication of the high social standing of the school teacher in the small community. House is the same as the West Wallsend teacher's house, for a much larger school.
Modifications and dates:	not noticeable


Current use:	1993: domestic residence

History

Historical notes:

HISTORICAL NOTES - 1993: Built 1890-1891 by a John Rodgers.
Contract price was 1595 pounds ($3190) for both school and adjoining residence.
The school (& presumably the house) were built from bricks supplied (from his own land) by John Nelson, the publican of the Traveller's Rest Hotel nearby (now Edgeworth Tavern).
The School opened 1892.
R.A.Smith was the first headmaster.
Name changed to Edgeworth School in 1960.

Recommended management:

Recommendations

Management Category	Description	Date Updated
Statutory Instrument	List on a Local Environmental Plan (LEP)	23 May 08

Listings

Heritage Listing	Listing Title	Listing Number	Gazette Date	Gazette Number	Gazette Page
Local Environmental Plan	Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2004	EW-07	19 Mar 14
Local Environmental Plan	Lake Macquarie Local Environmental Plan 2014	91	10 Oct 14

Study details

Title	Year	Number	Author	Inspected by	Guidelines used
City of Lake Macquarie Heritage Study	1993	EW-07	Suters Architects Snell, Dr J. Turner, C & MJ Doring Pty Ltd	Doring	Yes

References, internet links & images

Type	Author	Year	Title	Internet Links
Written	Nilsen, L. (ed)	1985	Lake Macquarie: Past and Present
Written	various contributing authors	1989	'Neath Mount Sugarloaf, (Book 3 of 3)

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Data source


The information for this entry comes from the following source:
Name:	Local Government
Database number:	1910094

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