STEWART'S GENERAL STORE & RESIDENCE (FORMER)
Station Street, GLENTHOMPSON VIC 3293 - Property No 0004
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Statement of Significance
Stewart's General Store and residence, located adjacent to Mac's Hotel in Railway Street, Glenthompson is a single storey timber building is in two parts. The store, on the western side of the block, is built to the street boundary, is symmetrical about the central front door and has two multi-paned shop windows. It is framed in timber, clad in conventional weatherboard and has a corrugated iron roof. It is thought that the store and residence date from the 1860s, and if so, they are the oldest surviving structures in Glenthompson. The store and residence are believed to have been occupied by a number of different occupants, but in the mid ninetieth century, the Stewart family ran the store and lived in the residence, leading to the structure being known as Stewart's store. There has been no architect or builder associated with the design. The buildings have since been demolished.
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STEWART'S GENERAL STORE & RESIDENCE (FORMER) - Physical Conditions
The building was demolished in 2003
STEWART'S GENERAL STORE & RESIDENCE (FORMER) - Physical Description 1
The single storey timber building is in two parts. The store, on the western side of the block, is built to the street boundary, is symmetrical about the central front door and has two multi-paned shop windows. It is framed in timber, clad in conventional weatherboard and has a corrugated iron roof. The roof is a single gable. Originally there was a verandah across the footpath with an double-ogee curved timber valance. (The roof of the verandah may have been changed because it is straight or possible concave in an early photograph and convex in a later photograph.) One shop window survives with its 16 panes but the other has been replaced by an off-centre garage door. At the rear of the store there is an enclosed verandah which incorporates a brick chimney. The residence is built approximately 1.2m back from the street boundary, it is also symmetrical about the central front door and has four-paned double-hung sash windows. It is framed in timber, clad in conventional weatherboard and has a corrugated iron roof. Its roof is a double gable. There is a verandah post supported timber verandah across the facade, a small verandah on the eastern elevation and a verandah on the northern, or rear, elevation. The front verandah retains its double-ogee curved timber valence. The rear verandah has triangular pointed boards as a valence. There is a chimney on the side elevation serving the south-west room, probably used as a parlour. The plan of the residence is traditional with four rooms and a central passage. It may be that there was a detached kitchen at the rear, or side, since demolished.
STEWART'S GENERAL STORE & RESIDENCE (FORMER) - Historical Australian Themes
Theme 3: Developing local, regional and national economies
3.12 Feeding people
3.12.5 Retailing foods and beverages
3.19 Marketing and Retailing
Theme 8 Developing Australia's cultural life
8.12 Living in and around Australian homes
8.14 Living in the country and rural settlementsSTEWART'S GENERAL STORE & RESIDENCE (FORMER) - Usage/Former Usage
now demolished
STEWART'S GENERAL STORE & RESIDENCE (FORMER) - Integrity
Good degree of integrity but altered internally.
STEWART'S GENERAL STORE & RESIDENCE (FORMER) - Physical Description 2
Joseph Wilson, storekeeper and first owner.
C Stewart, subsequent owner and store keeper.Heritage Study and Grading
Southern Grampians - Southern Grampians Shire Heritage Study
Author: Timothy Hubbard P/L, Annabel Neylon
Year: 2002
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