House, 36 Bowen Street, ST ARNAUD
36 Bowen Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 36 Bowen Street makes a significant contribution to the predominantly single storey, Victorian and Edwardian styled streetscape in this section of the street. Substantially intact from the exterior, this house appears to have been constructed soon after 1900 for Ann Wheeler as a rental property, along with the generally identical house at 38 Bowen Street with which it forms a semi-detached pair.
The house at 36 Bowen 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 asymmetrical composition, the single storey height, the recessed hipped roof form that traverses the site, and the minor gable and bullnosed verandah that project towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the red-painted corrugated galvanised iron roof cladding, the unpainted brick wall construction, the modest boxed eaves to the front with decorative relief panels, the lined eaves at the side, the two unpainted brick chimneys with decorative cement rendered tops and terra cotta pots, the timber framed double hung windows arranged singularly and as pairs, the highlights above the windows under the gable, the front timber door with side and highlights and a timber framed screen door, the decorative features (turned timber verandah columns, cast iron verandah brackets and valances), and the gable elements, notably the timber brackets, the timber bargeboards and gable screen and stucco work.
The house at 36 Bowen Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in St. Arnaud in the early 20th century. In particular, the house is associated with Ann Wheeler, its earliest owner, who had purchased a number of allotments of land in this stretch of Bowen Street c.1900 and built a number of houses as rental properties, including the semi-detached pair at 36 and 38 Bowen Street.
Overall, the house at 36 Bowen Street is of LOCAL significance.
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House, 36 Bowen Street, ST ARNAUD - Physical Description 1
The house at 36 Bowen Street is in accord with the landscaping, style and form of the neighbouring significant, predominantly Victorian and Edwardian styled, single storey houses visually connected to it.
The house has a frontage of approximately 5 metres, and is bound by an early? woven wire fence with later unpainted brick piers. A later scrolled metal gate also forms the front boundary. The front yard has some large exotic trees and shrubs, with perimeter garden beds and central open grass.
The asymmetrical, single storey, unpainted brick, transitional Late Victorian and Edwardian house is characterised by a hipped roof form that traverses the site, together with a minor gable and bullnosed verandah that project towards the street frontage. These roof forms are clad in red-painted corrugated galvanised iron. Modest overhangs and decorative relief panels are features of the front boxed eaves. The eaves along the side are lined. Two early unpainted brick chimneys with decorative cement rendered tops and terra cotta pots adorn the roofline. The early timber framed double hung windows arranged singularly and as pairs, with the bank of windows under the projecting gable also have highlights. The front timber door, screen door and side and highlights are also early.
Early decorative features of the design include the turned timber verandah columns, cast iron verandah brackets and valances, and the gable elements (timber brackets, timber bargeboards and gable screen and stucco work).
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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