House, 7 Johnson Street, STAWELL
7 Johnson Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 7 Johnson Street, Stawell, has significance as an intact example of the interwar Californian Bungalow style, having been built between the 1920s and 1940s.
The house at 7 Johnson Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of the interwar Californian Bungalow style. These qualities include the dominant gable roof form, together with the verandah gable and minor gable that project towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, horizontal timber weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, three unpainted brick chimneys with soldier course cappings, wide eaves with exposed timber rafters, tapered stuccoed verandah columns supported by unpainted brick piers with concrete cappings, brick verandah balustrade with concrete capping and incised rectangular panels (also evident on the verandah piers), timber framed double hung windows arranged in a bank of three under the verandah and as a projecting flat roofed bay under the minor gable, timber framed double doorway with timber and glazed doors, diamond window leadlighting, step piers and balustrades the verandah entrance, and the decorative able infill (timber brackets, timber shingling and timber lattice ventilation openings).
The house at 7 Johnson Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell during the interwar (1920s-1940s) period.
Overall, the house at 7 Johnson Street is of LOCAL significance.
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House, 7 Johnson Street, STAWELL - Physical Conditions
The house at 7 Johnson Street, Stawell, is set on an average sized allotment for the area. It has a large front setback and narrow side setbacks, with a rudimentary opening grassed area at the front.
The asymmetrical, single storey, horizontal weatherboard, interwar Californian Bungalow styled house is characterised by a dominant gable roof form, together with a verandah gable and minor gable that project towards the street frontage. These roof forms are clad in galvanised corrugated iron. Three early unpainted brick chimneys with soldier course cappings adorn the roofline. Wide overhangs with exposed timber rafters are features of the eaves.
An early feature of the design is the front verandah. It is supported by tapered stuccoed columns which in turn are supported by unpainted brick piers with concrete cappings. These piers have incised rectangular panels, which are replicated in the early brick balustrade that also has an early concrete capping.
Other early characteristics include the timber framed double hung windows, arranged in a bank of three under the verandah and as a projecting flat roofed bay under the minor gable. There is also an early timber framed double doorway with early timber and glazed doors.
Early decorative features of the design include the diamond window leadlighting, gable infill (timber brackets, timber shingling and timber lattice ventilation openings), and the brick step piers and balustrades at the entrance to the verandah.
Heritage Study and Grading
Northern Grampians - Shire of Northern Grampians - Stage 2 Heritage Study
Author: Wendy Jacobs, Vicki Johnson, David Rowe, Phil Taylor
Year: 2004
Grading: Local
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FORMER LITERARY & SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTEVictorian Heritage Register H0531
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CENTRAL PARKVictorian Heritage Register H2284
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FORMER POLICE SUPERINTENDENT'S RESIDENCEVictorian Heritage Register H0986
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