House, 14 Millett Street, ST ARNAUD
14 Millett Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 14 Millett Street has significance has a predominantly intact example of the interwar Californian Bungalow style. Although the house has experienced some attic additions, the form, construction and detailing of the building contributes to the architectural amenity of the local area. The design of the house suggests that it was constructed during the interwar period (1920s and 1930s).
The house at 14 Millett Street is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in St. Arnaud during the interwar period (1920s and 1930s) and it demonstrates original design qualities of the interwar Bungalow style. These qualities include the gable roof form that traverses the site, together with a gable that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact qualities include the unpainted brick construction, wide eaves with exposed rafters, timber framed double hung windows (particularly flat roofed projecting bay and bank of three on the front facade), front timber framed doorway with transoms, verandah portal window, large gable and bay window brackets, gable ventilators,gable infill (battening and panelling), window leadlighting, and the corner verandah supported by a plain unpainted brick pier with an unpainted brick balustrade having a concrete capping. The front brick and stuccoed fence, scrolled metal and woven wire gates and garden also contribute to the significance of the place.
Overall, the house at 14 Millett Street is of LOCAL significance.
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House, 14 Millett Street, ST ARNAUD - Physical Description 1
The house at 14 Millett Street has a front setback of approximately 6 metres, together with a wide side setback accommodating a concrete driveway. The front is bound by an early brick fence, which has unpainted brick piers with concrete cappings and brick balustrades with concrete cappings and incised rectangular stuccoed panels, and tubular steel rails above. There is also a pair of early scrolled metal and woven wire gates. This fence is approximately 1500 mm high. The front garden consists of a grassed area, perimeter flower gardens and shrubs and a poplar tree.
The predominantly single storey, unpainted brick, interwar Bungalow styled house is characterised by a gable roof form that traverses the site, together with a gable that projects towards the street frontage. These roof forms are clad in tiles. Wide overhangs with exposed rafters are features of the eaves.
The timber framed double hung windows are early and arranged in a flat roofed projecting bay and in a bank of three on the front facade. The front timber framed doorway with transoms is also early, as is the side portal window.
Early decorative features of the design include the large gable and bay window brackets, ventilators and gable infill (battening and panelling) and the window leadlighting. Another early feature is the corner verandah, supported by a plain unpainted brick pier with an unpainted brick balustrade having a concrete capping.
The front dormer window and window in the front gable end represent later additions.
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:
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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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