St. Arnaud Band Hall, 86 Dundas Street, ST ARNAUD
86 Dundas Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The St Arnaud Band Hall, 86 Dundas Street, St Arnaud was constructed in 1937 with additions in 1955.
The St Arnaud Band Hall is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original and early design qualities of a inter war (1920 -1939) hall structure. These qualities include the steeply pitched gable roof forms, the corrugated steel cladding, cylindrical roof vents, lower wall cladding of square edged weatherboards and upper wall cladding of strapped cement sheeting and the timber framed double hung windows. The later additions in the same style and materials is also significant.
The St Arnaud Band Hall is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with tradition of local brass bands which began in the late nineteenth century and was particular;y strong within the mine workers from the nearby Lord Nelson Mine.
The St Arnaud Band Hall is socially significant at a LOCAL level. The tradition of local bands is still strong within the district.
Overall, St Arnaud Band Hall is of LOCAL significance.
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St. Arnaud Band Hall, 86 Dundas Street, ST ARNAUD - Physical Description 1
The St Arnaud Band Hall is sited as a medium set back from the street boundary on land rising up from the roadway. The site is adjacent to the Pioneer Park in the area of the former Lord Nelson mine site. The building has a low cream brick fence punctuated with square pillars rising three courses above the fence height and has curved sections marking the entry to the property. The wall and pillars are capped in red brick. The site is grassed.
The hall has two gable ends facing the street with transverse gables to the north of the main gables. The steeply pitched roof are clad in unpainted galvanised corrugated steel and the roofs are punctuated with cylindrical steel vents with conical caps. The eaves are wide and lined on the angle. The gables facing the street have a wide tie bean about halfway down from the apex. There are two cream brick external chimneys terminating two transverse gables.
The band hall is clad in square edged weatherboards along the base area under the windows. The upper walls are clad in cement sheeting with cover straps. The northern gable front has a central doorway with double vertically boarded doors. This so protected by a simple timber porch structure with walls clad in cement sheeting. On either side of the doorway are timber double hung windows. The southern gable also has two double hung timber framed windows. The transverse gables are at a lower ceiling height and the windows in this section are of a similar width to the front windows but of a squatter proportion due to the lower wall height.
The front gables have wrought iron signs above the windows wit "St Arnaud" in one gable and "Band Hall" in the other.
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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