House, 15 Johnson Street, STAWELL
15 Johnson Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 15 Johnson Street, Stawell, has significance as an example of the interwar Modern style. Built in 1949 for Jack Krause of Krause and Taylor Brickworks, the house appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street.
The house at 15 Johnson Street is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell in the 1940s, and in particular it has associations with Jack Krause, original owner and partner in Krause and Taylor Brickworks. The house also demonstrates original design qualities of an interwar Modern style. These qualities include the large hipped roof form, together with the minor hipped roof and curved flat-roofed porch that project towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, cream brick wall construction and the chocolate brick wall base and window sills, elongated cream brick chimney, wide eaves, curved solid porch balustrade, horizontal banks of timber framed double hung windows (with central fixed lights) and the front doorway. The rear cream brick outbuilding with a hipped terra cotta tiled roof also contributes to the significance of the place.
Overall, the house at 15 Johnson Street is of LOCAL significance.
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House, 15 Johnson Street, STAWELL - Physical Description 1
The house at 15 Johnson Street, Stawell, is set on a corner residential allotment and has typical front and side setbacks. The front garden largely consists of open grassed areas with a side garden bed, perimeter plants and a large exotic tree. Towards the rear of the house is an early cream brick outbuilding with a hipped roof clad in terra cotta tiles.
The asymmetrical, single storey, cream brick, interwar Modern styled house is characterised by a large hipped roof form, together with a minor hipped roof and curved flat-roofed porch that project towards the street frontage. The hipped roof forms are clad in early terra cotta tiles. An early and elongated cream brick chimney adorns the roofline. Wide overhangs are features of the eaves.
Other early features of the design include the chocolate brick wall base and sills, curved solid porch balustrade, horizontal banks of timber framed double hung windows (with central fixed lights) and the front doorway.
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:
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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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