House, 2-8 Grampians Road, HALLS GAP
2-8 Grampians Road HALLS GAP, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house, 2-8 Grampians Road, Halls Gap, has significance has a moderately intact example of a Late Victorian style. Possibly built before the First World War in 1914, the house appears to be in fair condition when viewed from the road.
The house, 2-8 Grampians Road, Halls Gap,is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. Although slightly altered and extended, it still demonstrates original design qualities of a Late Victorian style. These qualities include the gable roof form that traverses the site, together with the two flanking gables that project towards the road and the central verandah between. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the symmetrical composition, single storey height, horizontal timber weatherboard wall cladding, red painted galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, modest eaves with exposed timber rafters, front timber bargeboards with decorative ends, timber framed double hung windows, rear gabled and skillion wings, and the rear multi paned timber framed windows.
The house, 2-8 Grampians Road, Halls Gap, is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments at Halls Gap in the early 20th century. In particular, this house appears to have been built before the First World War in 1914 for the Pickering family.
Overall, the house, 2-8 Grampians Road, Halls Gap,is of LOCAL significance.
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House, 2-8 Grampians Road, HALLS GAP - Physical Description 1
The house, 2-8 Grampians Road, Halls Gap, has a picturesque bushland setting, being surrounding by mature eucalypts, together with other exotic trees and shrubs.
The symmetrical, single storey, horizontal timber weatherboard, Late Victorian styled house is characterised by a gable roof form that traverses the site, together with two flanking gables that project towards the road. There is a central verandah between the flanking gables. These roof forms are clad in early red painted galvanised corrugated iron. Modest overhangs with exposed timber rafters are features of the eaves. The front gable ends have timber barge boards with decorative ends.
Other early features of the design are the timber framed double hung windows.
At the rear are early gabled and skillion wings with multi paned timber framed windows, double hung windows and a temporary lean-to porch supported by timber columns.
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
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