House, 125 Main Street, GREAT WESTERN
125 Main Street GREAT WESTERN, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 125 Main Street, Great Western, has significance has a reasonably externally intact example of a Late Victorian style. The design of the house suggests that it was constructed in the late 19th or early 20th century.
The house at 125 Main Street is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Great Western in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and although altered, it still demonstrates some original design qualities of a Late Victorian style. These qualities include the hipped roof form that traverses the site, together with the gable roof and the bullnosed verandah that project towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, unpainted brick chimney, narrow eaves and the timber framed doorway.
Overall, the house at 125 Main Street, Great Western,isof LOCAL significance.
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House, 125 Main Street, GREAT WESTERN - Physical Description 1
The house at 125 Main Street, Great Western, is set on a large residential allotment, with a front setback of approximately 6 metres. The garden consists of grassed areas and shrubs, with some large eucalypt trees. The front is bound by a hedge, approximately 1200 mm high.
The asymmetrical, single storey, horizontal weatherboard, Late Victorian styled house is characterised by a hipped roof form that traverses the site, together with a gable roof and bullnosed verandah that project towards the street frontage. These roof forms are clad in galvanised corrugated iron. Narrow overhangs are a features of the eaves. An early (but altered) unpainted chimney adorns the roofline. Under the verandah (which is supported by introduced square timber columns) is an early timber framed door. The timber framed windows are recent additions, replacing earlier timber framed double hung windows.
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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GREAT WESTERN LEADVictorian Heritage Inventory
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ST PETER'S VINEYARDVictorian Heritage Inventory
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