House - 'Sithney', 5 Burke Street, ST ARNAUD
5 Burke Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 5 Burke Street, has significance as a fine and intact example of Federation design in St. Arnaud. This house appears to be have been constructed in the first or second decade of the 20th century.
The house at 5 Burke Street is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the residential developments in St. Arnaud in the early 20th century. The house also demonstrates original design qualities of a Federation style. These qualities include the recessed hipped roof form, together with the minor gables that project at the front and side and the return broken back verandah. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, horizontal weatherboard wall construction, wide eaves with exposed timber rafters, brick chimney with a corbelled top (but not painted), timber verandah fretwork valances and brackets, stop chamfered timber verandah posts with projecting capitals, diagonally oriented bank of timber framed casement windows with highlights about the verandah corner, pair of timber framed double hung windows with a shingled hood above and supported by decorative timber brackets on the front gable, timber joinery simulating shingling, elaborate gable ventilators and decorative flying gable stucco panelling and sizeable timber finial, and the timber panelled and glazed front and side doors with side and high lights. The mature palm tree, other shrubs and grassed areas also contribute to the significance of the place.
Overall, the house at 5 Burke Street is of LOCAL significance.
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House - 'Sithney', 5 Burke Street, ST ARNAUD - Physical Description 1
The house at 5 Burke Street, St. Arnaud, is set on a corner allotment and has a front setback of approximately 6 metres. The front yard is characterised by a mature palm tree, some smaller shrubs and grassed areas.
The asymmetrical, single storey, horizontal weatherboard, Federation styled house is characterised by a recessed hipped roof form, together with minor gables that project at the front and side. A return broken back verandah identifies the corner. These roof forms are clad in lapped galvanised corrugated iron. Wide overhangs with exposed timber rafters are features of the eaves. An early brick chimney with a corbelled top adorns the roofline and is crowned with a recent flue and television aerial.
A feature of the design is the return verandah with its introduced but appropriate timber fretwork valances and brackets, and stop chamfered timber posts with projecting capitals. Other features of the design include the diagonally oriented bank of timber framed casement windows with highlights about the verandah corner, typical of Federation design. The front gable has an early pair of timber framed double hung windows with an early shingled hood above supported by decorative timber brackets. The front gable and upper side walls are also adorned by timber joinery simulating shingling. Elaborate gable ventilators and decorative flying gable stucco panelling and sizeable timber finial are other distinctive elements. The front and side doors also appear to be early, and are timber panelled and glazed with side and high lights.
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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