House, 37 Alma Street, ST ARNAUD
37 Alma Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 37 Alma Street makes a significant contribution to the streetscape of single storey, Victorian and Edwardian styled houses visually connected to it. This house appears to have been constructed in the mid to late 1890s, or in the first decade of the 20th century, and is largely intact from the exterior.
The house at 37 Alma Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian style. These qualities include the symmetrical composition, the single storey height, the hipped roof form that traverses the site, and the bullnosed verandah that projects towards the street frontage and returns down one side. Other intact qualities include the galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, the horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, the unpainted brick chimney, the modest boxed eaves with worked timber brackets, the symmetrical, triple light, timber framed double hung windows, the panelled timber door with sidelights, the turned timber verandah columns, and the elaborate cast iron brackets and valances. The timber picket fence also contributes to the significance of the place.
The house at 37 Alma Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the residential developments in St. Arnaud in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In particular, this house is associated with Lots 5 and 7 of Section J3 that were sold to F.H. Crook in 1889, and with the later subdivision of the land under LP 4147, in late 1899 or early 1900.
Overall, the house at 37 Alma Street is of LOCAL significance.
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House, 37 Alma Street, ST ARNAUD - Physical Description 1
The site at 37 Alma Street is generally in accord with the landscaping and setbacks of the neighbouring, significant, predominantly Victorian and Edwardian styled, single storey houses visually connected to it.
The site has a frontage characterised by numerous shrubs and trees, and areas of grass. There is a driveway along one side. The front is bound by a recent but appropriate timber picket fence, approximately 1.2m high.
The symmetrical, single storey, horizontal weatherboard, Victorian styled house is characterised by a hipped roof form that traverses the site, together with a bullnosed verandah that projects towards the street frontage and returns down one side. These roof forms are clad in galvanised corrugated iron. An early unpainted brick chimney with a corbelled top adorns the roofline. Modest overhangs with worked timber brackets are features of the boxed eaves.
The front facade has early, symmetrical, triple light, timber framed double hung windows that flank an early panelled timber door with sidelights.
Early decorative features of the design include the turned timber verandah columns, and the elaborate cast iron brackets and valances.
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: Local
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CROWN LAND OFFICEVictorian Heritage Register H1530
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ST ARNAUD RAILWAY STATIONVictorian Heritage Register H1594
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LORD NELSON MINE SITEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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