| Address: | Hesse Street |
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| Suburb: | Queenscliff |
While the site was originally withheld for a pilot’s residence, the construction of Navestock in 1857-59 (107 Hesse Street) instead bore a Mechanics Institute, the purpose of which was for the education and learning of young men. The buildings character is similar to the neighbouring residential typology, and perhaps unsurprisingly provided a librarian residence at the rear.
It has been noted that Navestock was used for services and a meeting space by the Methodist congregation prior to the construction of the Wesleyan Church in 1968. (Queenscliff Sentinel, 23 March 1889).
Navestock makes a vital contribution to Queenscliff’s residential heritage on Hesse St — along with the neighbouring Romford (pictured), Carnbrea (95 Hesse), Kelvinargh (93 Hesse) and Coombe Lodge (90 Hesse) to name but a few —and reinforces local planning policy in maintaining the division between commercial and residential precincts whilst protecting and enhancing the Hesse St point of access to Queenscliff’s trading centre.
(Lovell Chen Architects. ‘Individual Property Citation’, Queenscliffe Heritage Study, 2009).
‘Navestock’, n.d. (Image courtesy of the Queenscliffe Historical Museum).
‘Navestock’, 2015 (Copyright of the Nepean Conservation Group).
