House, 2 Burke Street, ST ARNAUD
2 Burke Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 2 Burke Street, St. Arnaud, represents a fine and largely intact local example of the domestic Federation style. This house appears to be have been constructed in the first or second decade of the 20th century.
The house at 2 Burke Street is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in St. Arnaud in the early 20th century, and particularly with the Arbuckle family. The house also demonstrates original design qualities of a Federation style. These qualities include the complex gambrel and gabled roof forms, clad in deep red painted and lapped galvanised corrugated iron. Other intact qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, horizontal weatherboard wall construction, three elongated brick chimneys with cement rendered tops having projecting cornices and terra cotta pots, modest eaves with timber rafters, return verandah supported by worked timber columns and decorated with Art Nouveau timber fretwork identified by the curving members and the tulip motifs, verandah gable adorned with strapping and stucco panelling, banks of timber framed casement windows with highlights, timber framed double hung windows, timber framed diamond window, and the timber framed entrance doorway with a panelled timber and glazed door, wide sidelight and transoms.
Overall, the house at 2 Burke Street is of LOCAL significance.
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House, 2 Burke Street, ST ARNAUD - Physical Description 1
The house at 2 Burke Street, St. Arnaud, is set on a corner allotment, and has an open grassed front yard adorned with perimeter gardens, poplars and other mature trees.
The asymmetrical, single storey, horizontal weatherboard, Federation styled house is characterised by complex gambrel and gabled roof forms, clad in deep red painted and lapped galvanised corrugated iron. Three early elongated unpainted brick chimneys with cement rendered tops having projecting cornices and terra cotta pots adorn the roofline. Modest overhangs with exposed timber rafters adorn the roofline.
A particular early feature of the design is the return verandah, supported by worked timber columns and decorated with Art Nouveau timber fretwork identified by the curving members and the tulip motifs. The verandah terminates in a gable at the front entrance and is adorned with decorative infill (strapping and stucco panelling).
Other early features of the design include the banks of timber framed casement windows with highlights, as identified by the side and corner windows, and the timber framed double hung windows. There is an early timber framed entrance doorway, with and early panelled timber and glazed door, wide sidelight and transoms. A leadlight timber framed diamond window is situated nearby the main entrance.
There is also evidence of some additions to the house, as identified by the rear skillion on the Dundas Street facade and the infill to the verandah on the Burke Street facade.
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:
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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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