House, 23 Butcher Street, ST ARNAUD
23 Butcher Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The interwar Bungalow style of the house at 23 Butcher Street suggests that it was constructed in the early 20th century (c.1920s or 1930s). The modest design and detailing of the largely intact (from the exterior) house also indicates that the construction of the building formed part of the State Savings Bank of Victoria's financial, design, and construction scheme which operated in accordance with the Victorian Housing Act of 1920 and Credit Foncier System.
The house at 23 Butcher Street is architecturally and historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in St Arnaud in the early 20th century, and with the State Savings Bank of Victoria's finance, design and construction scheme, and it demonstrates original design qualities of a modest interwar Bungalow style. These qualities include the asymmetrical composition, the single storey height, the main hipped roof form, and the minor gable and hipped broken back verandah that project towards the street frontage. Other intact qualities include the lapped galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, the horizontal weatherboard wall construction, the wide lined eaves with exposed timber rafters, the timber framed, double hung, box windows arranged in pairs with four paned upper sashes, the timber framed doorway with sidelight, the paired square timber verandah columns supported on painted brick piers, the extended verandah roof forming a window hood, the decorative gable infill (broken back shingling and brackets, and ventilator) and the simple timber window brackets to the box windows.
Overall, the house at 23 Butcher Street is of LOCAL significance.
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House, 23 Butcher Street, ST ARNAUD - Physical Description 1
The house at 23 Butcher Street has a modest front setback of approximately 5 metres, with narrower side setbacks. The front yard is characterised by lawns and shrubs and perimeter gardens, and a side concrete paved driveway that leads to a garage at the rear.
The single storey, asymmetrical, horizontal weatherboard, largely intact interwar Bungalow styled house is characterised by a dominant hipped roof form, together with a minor gable and hipped broken back verandah that project towards the street frontage. These roof forms are clad in lapped galvanised corrugated iron. Wide overhangs, timber lining and exposed timber rafters are features of the eaves. An unpainted brick chimney (introduced?) adorns the roofline and is situated at the side. The early timber framed, double hung, box windows are arranged in pairs and are four paned in the upper sashes. The timber and glazed front door with sidelight is also early.
Although modestly designed and scaled, the house also features some early decorative or appropriate elements that include the paired square timber verandah columns supported on painted brick piers, extended verandah roof forming a window hood, gable infill (broken back shingling and brackets, and ventilator) and the simple timber window brackets to the box windows.
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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