House, 8 Brisbane Street, ST ARNAUD
8 Brisbane Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 8 Brisbane Street makes a significant contribution to the predominantly single storey residential streetscape. The simple Victorian style and construction details of this house suggests that it was erected in the mid to late 19th century (c.1860s-1880s).
Although partially altered and extended, the house at 8 Brisbane Street is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in St. Arnaud in the mid to late 19th century, and it demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian style. These qualities include the symmetrical composition, single storey height, simple dominant hipped roof form and return skillion verandah that envelopes three sides of the house. Other intact qualities include the lapped galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, mud brick and stucco wall construction, squat brick chimney with a corbelled top, narrow eaves, and the timber framed double hung windows symmetrically arranged about a four panelled door with toplight.
Overall, the house at 8 Brisbane Street is of LOCAL significance.
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House, 8 Brisbane Street, ST ARNAUD - Physical Description 1
The site at 8 Brisbane Street has visual connections to the predominantly single storey residential streetscape. The simple Victorian style and construction details of this house suggests that it was erected in the mid-latter 19th century (c.1860s-1880s). It is a distinctive example of this style and detailing in St Arnaud.
The site is characterised by a single storey house on a corner allotment, bound by a timber paling fence along the Canterbury Street boundary. The house abuts the front boundary along Brisbane Street and has a wide side garden bound by a timber picket fence. This side garden has a grassed area with garden beds and other plantings.
The symmetrical, single storey, stuccoed Victorian style house is characterised by a simple dominant hipped roof form and a skillion return verandah that envelopes three sides of the building. The house is understood to be constructed of mud brick. These roof forms are clad in dark painted and lapped galvanised corrugated iron. Later additions are located at the rear. An early squat brick chimney with a corbelled top (and introduced white painted surface) adorns the roofline. Narrow overhangs are a feature of the eaves.
The early timber framed double hung windows are symmetrically arranged about an early four panelled timber door with toplight on the Brisbane Street facade. An early decorative feature of the design is the rendered quoinwork about the building corners and main doorway.
The rudimentary square timber verandah columns appear to be more recent, as do the timber verandah brackets, capped lattice verandah balustrade and timber verandah gate.
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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LORD NELSON MINE SITEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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LORD NELSON NORTH MINE SITEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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WELCOME NELSON MINE SITEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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