House, 71-73 Railway Road, GREAT WESTERN
71-73 Railway Road GREAT WESTERN, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house, 71-73 Railway Road, Great Western, has significance as a reasonably externally intact example of a Late Victorian/Edwardian style. The design qualities of this house suggest that it was constructed in the early 20th century, and was at one stage the home of Charlie Bullock, local carpenter, builder and handy man.
The house, 71-73 Railway Road, Great Western, is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Great Western in the early 20th century, and is further associated with Charlie Bullock, who was a local carpenter, builder and handyman. The house demonstrates original design qualities of a Late Victorian/Edwardian style. These qualities include the hipped roof form, together with the minor gable that projects to the front and the return bullnosed verandah. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, unpainted brick chimney, timber framed double hung windows, narrow eaves, window hood and support brackets, timber verandah columns, Art Nouveau styled timber fretwork valances and timber verandah brackets, and the gable infill (panelling and battening). The timber post and woven wire fence also contributes to the significance of the place.
Overall, the house, 71-73 Railway Road, Great Western, is of LOCAL significance.
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House, 71-73 Railway Road, GREAT WESTERN - Physical Description 1
The house, 71-73 Railway Road, Great Western, is set on a modest residential allotment. The house has front and side setbacks of approximately 5 metres, with the front garden largely characterised by open grassed areas with concrete paths and some exotic trees. The front and side are bound by a timber post and woven wire fence, approximately 1200mm high.
The single storey, asymmetrical, horizontal weatherboard, Late Victorian/Edwardian styled house is characterised by a hipped roof form, together with a minor gable that projects to the front and a return bullnosed verandah. These roof forms are clad in galvanised corrugated iron. Narrow overhangs are features of the eaves. The timber framed double hung windows appear to be early, and the gable window has a timber, bullnosed window hood supported by decorative timber brackets that match those of the verandah.
An early decorative feature of the design is the return verandah. It is supported by introduced (but appropriate) square timber columns with decorative Art Nouveau styled fretwork valances and worked timber brackets. The rear section of the verandah at the side has been clad in horizontal weatherboards and louvered windows, possibly at an early stage. Another early decorative feature is the gable infill (panelling and battening).
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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SEPPELTS CHAMPAGNE CELLARSVictorian Heritage Register H0338
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ST PETER'S VINEYARDVictorian Heritage Inventory
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Former Common SchoolNational Trust
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