House, 49 Canterbury Street, ST ARNAUD
49 Canterbury Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 49 Canterbury Street makes a significant contribution to the predominantly single storey residential streetscape. The transitional Late Victorian and Federation style of the house suggests that it was constructed in the early 20th century.
The house at 49 Canterbury 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 it demonstrates original design qualities of a transitional Late Victorian and Federation style. These qualities include the single storey height, dominant gambrel roof form and the return bullnosed verandah that projects towards the street frontages. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the lapped galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, galvanised roof ridge decoration, horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, narrow eaves with timber brackets, panelling and paterae, timber framed double hung windows arranged in pairs, central four panelled timber door with side and toplights, and the turned timber verandah columns.
Overall, the house at 49 Canterbury Street is of LOCAL significance.
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House, 49 Canterbury Street, ST ARNAUD - Physical Description 1
The site at 49 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 the site is generally in accord with the form, setbacks and construction of the significant houses visually connected to it. The transitional Late Victorian and Federation style of the house suggests that it was constructed in the early 20th century.
Situated on a corner allotment, the site at 49 Canterbury Street is bound on the street frontages by an introduced brick and open steel truss fence. The front setbacks of the house are approximately 5 metres. The front rudimentary garden is typical for the area, having open grassed areas, and perimeter garden beds.
The single storey, horizontal weatherboard, transitional Late Victorian and Federation styled house is characterised by a simple gambrel roof form, together with a return bullnosed verandah which projects towards the street frontages. These roof forms are clad in lapped galvanised corrugated iron. Narrow overhangs with timber brackets, panelling and paterae are features of the eaves.
The early timber framed double hung windows are arranged in pairs and symmetrically composed about a central, early four panelled timber door with side and high lights on the Canterbury Street facade. Horizontal weatherboard wall cladding and timber framed windows have been introduced as verandah infill at the side.
Another feature of the design is the galvanised ridge decoration on the roof.
The turned verandah columns are recent and appropriate. The verandah valance and bracket decoration appears to be a recent addition and is possibly constructed in aluminium.
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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