House - 'Clifton Villa', 47 Canterbury Street, ST ARNAUD
47 Canterbury Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 47 Canterbury Street makes a significant contribution to the predominantly single storey residential streetscape. The Victorian style of the house suggests that it was constructed in the late 19th century.
The house, known at an early date as 'Clifton Villa', at 47 Canterbury Street is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in St. Arnaud in the late 19th century and with Ann Wheeler, a prominent member of the St Arnaud community for many decades who owned and lived in the house from 1900 until her death in 1912. It also demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian style. These qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, hipped roof form that traverses the site, the minor hipped roof that projects towards the street frontage and the return ogee form verandah. Other intact qualities include the grey painted galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, four unpainted brick chimneys with rendered bases and rendered and corbelled tops, narrow eaves with timber brackets and panels, timber framed double hung windows, timber framed entrance, timber verandah floor, and the cast iron verandah decoration (valances, brackets and round columns with decorative capitals).
Overall, the house, known at an early date as 'Clifton Villa', is of LOCAL significance.
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House - 'Clifton Villa', 47 Canterbury Street, ST ARNAUD - Physical Description 1
The site at 47 Canterbury Street has visual connections with the predominantly single storey residential streetscape, and with the significant urban foci of the Church of the Immaculate Conception and its associated Presbytery. The house on this site is generally in accord with the form, style, construction and setbacks of the significant houses visually connected to it. The Victorian style of the house suggests that it was constructed in the late 19th century.
The site at 47 Canterbury Street is bound at the front by a timber post and rail, and woven wire fence approximately 1200mm high. The house, known at an early date as 'Clifton Villa', has a front setback of approximately 5 metres, a narrow and also a wide side setback due to the large size of the allotment. The gardens are characterised by several trees and shrubs, most of which have been planted in recent years.
The asymmetrical, single storey, horizontal weatherboard, Victorian styled house is characterised by a hipped roof form that traverses the site, together with a hipped roof that projects towards the street frontage and a return ogee form verandah. These roof forms are clad in grey painted galvanised corrugated iron. Four early unpainted brick chimneys with rendered bases and rendered and corbelled tops adorn the roofline. Narrow overhangs with timber brackets and panels are features of the eaves.
The early windows are timber framed and double hung, with the window on the street facade having three lights. The verandah floor appears to be early and constructed of timber boards.
An early feature of the design is the cast iron verandah decoration, notably the valances, brackets and round columns with decorative capitals.
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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