House - 'Hendy' - 39 Alma Street, ST ARNAUD
39 Alma Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 39 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 first decade of the 20th century, and is largely intact from the exterior.
The house at 39 Alma Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a Federation style. These qualities include the asymmetrical composition, the single storey height, the M-shaped hipped roof form that traverses the site, the flying gable that projects towards the street frontage, the rear minor flying gable that projects at the side, and the gently curved hipped verandah that projects towards the street frontage and returns around the faceted corner bay window and down one side. Other intact qualities include the galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, the horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, the unpainted brick chimneys with cement rendered and corbelled tops, the modest boxed eaves with paired turned timber brackets, the timber framed casement and double hung windows, the timber and glass front door with sidelight, and the decorative features (turned timber verandah columns, elaborate timber fretwork verandah brackets and valances, and the flying gable elements, notably the brackets, timber bargeboards and battening, and the stucco work). The timber picket fence also contributes to the significance of the place.
The house at 39 Alma Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the residential developments in St. Arnaud in the early 20th century. In particular, this house is associated with Lot 7 of Section J3 that was 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 39 Alma Street is of LOCAL significance
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House - 'Hendy' - 39 Alma Street, ST ARNAUD - Physical Description 1
The site at 39 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 rose bushes, other shrubs, 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 asymmetrical, single storey, horizontal weatherboard, Federation styled house is characterised by a main M-shaped hip roof form, a flying gable that projects towards the street frontage, a rear minor flying gable that projects at the side, and a gently curved hipped verandah that projects towards the street frontage and returns around a faceted corner bay window and down one side. These roof forms are clad in corrugated galvanised iron. Two early unpainted brick chimneys with cement rendered corbelled tops adorn the roofline. Modest overhangs and paired turned timber brackets are features of the boxed eaves. The early timber framed windows are arranged as a faceted bay window of casements with highlights under the front gable, and as double hung paired or single windows on the other elevations. The timber and glazed front door with wide sidelight also appears to be early. Other early decorative features of the design include the turned timber verandah columns, elaborate timber fretwork verandah brackets and valances, and the flying gable elements (brackets, timber bargeboards and battening and the stucco work).
The side verandah infill has been introduced.
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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