House, 64 Alma Street, ST ARNAUD
64 Alma Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 64 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 64 Alma Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a transitional Late Victorian and Edwardian style. These qualities include the single storey height, the gambrel roof form and the return bullnosed verandah thatprojects at the front and side. Other intact qualities include the lapped galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, the horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, the unpainted brick chimney with a multi corbelled top, the modest boxed eaves with worked timber brackets, panelling and paterae decoration, the timber framed double hung windows arranged in pairs, the central panelled timber front door with highlight and sidelights, the timber verandah floor, and the other decorative features (turned timber verandah columns, cast iron verandah valances and brackets, and the roof ridge ornamentation).
The house at 64 Alma Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the residential developments in St. Arnaud at the turn of the 20th century. In particular, this house is associated with Lot 15 of Section K2 that was sold to R. Eadie in 1901.
Overall, the house at 64 Alma Street is of LOCAL significance.
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House, 64 Alma Street, ST ARNAUD - Physical Description 1
The site at 64 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 is bound at the front and partially at the side by an introduced post and wire fence, approximately 1.2m high, and side paling and aluminium-clad fences approximately 1.8m high. The house has a large corner frontage and is characterised by a grassed area adorned with flower beds and a mature exotic tree.
The single storey, horizontal weatherboard, transitional Late Victorian and Edwardian styled house is characterised by a gambrel roof form, together with a bullnosed return verandah that projects at the front and side. These roof forms are clad in lapped galvanised corrugated iron. Modest overhangs with worked timber brackets, panelling and paterae decoration are features of the boxed eaves. An early unpainted brick chimney with a multi corbelled top adorns the roofline and is situated at one side. The windows visible from the street are early, and are timber framed and double hung, and arranged in pairs. There is an early central doorway with early panelled timber door, highlight and sidelights. The timber verandah floor also appears to be early.
Other early decorative features of the design include the turned timber verandah columns and the elaborate cast iron verandah valances and brackets, together with the roof ridge ornamentation.
The side verandah infill at the front of the house has been introduced, although the leadlight windows may be early and thus relocated.
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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