House - 42 Alma Street, ST ARNAUD
42 Alma Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 42 Alma Street Street makes a significant contribution to the predominantly single storey, Victorian styled residential streetscapes of Alma Street between Canterbury and McMahon Streets and of the intersecting Queens Avenue. The Victorian style of the house suggests that it was constructed in the late 19th or early 20th century.
The house at 42 Alma Street is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the residential developments in St. Arnaud in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and it demonstrates some original design qualities of a Victorian style. These qualities include the symmetrical composition, single storey height, simple dominant hipped roof form and the hipped roof verandah that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, brick chimney, narrow eaves with decorative diamond panels, paterae and timber brackets, centrally located four panelled timber door with side and toplights, flanking timber framed, triple light, double hung windows, cast iron verandah decoration (valances and brackets) and the turned timber verandah columns.
Overall, the house at 42 Alma Street is of LOCAL significance.
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House - 42 Alma Street, ST ARNAUD - Physical Description 1
The site at 42 Alma Street is visually connected to other significant, predominantly Victorian styled, single storey houses in the residential streetscapes of Alma Street between Canterbury and McMahon Streets and of the intersecting Queens Avenue. It is also visually connected to the significant urban foci of the Church of the Immaculate Conception and adjacent Presbytery in Queens Avenue and to the Inter-War Carpenter Gothic Church of Christ in Alma Street.
The house is generally in accord with the form, scale, construction, style and setbacks of the significant houses visually connected to it. The Victorian style of the house suggests that it was constructed in the late 19th or early 20th century.
The site at 42 Alma Street is largely dominated by the house. The front yard is typical for the area, and is characterised by a plain, open grassed area with same recent shrubs and garden. A skillion carport is attached to the side of the house.
The symmetrical, single storey, horizontal weatherboard, Victorian styled house is characterised by a simple dominant hipped roof form, and a hipped verandah that projects towards the street frontage. These roof forms are clad in galvanised corrugated iron and the roofline is interrupted by a recent air conditioning unit. A cream brick chimney with a corbelled top adorns the roofline. Narrow overhangs with decorative diamond panels, paterae and timber brackets are features of the eaves.
Other early features of the design include the timber framed, triple light, double hung windows arranged symmetrically about a central entrance that features a four panelled timber door and side and toplights. A distinctive feature is the early cast iron verandah decoration, notably the valances and brackets. The turned timber verandah columns may be more recent but are appropriate.
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 TAILINGS DUMPVictorian Heritage Inventory
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