Shops (former Giles Hardware), 64-68 Napier Street, ST ARNAUD
64-68 Napier Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
Apart from the introduced cantilever verandah, the former Giles Hardware building, Napier Street, St. Arnaud, makes a significant architectural and visual contribution to the predominantly Victorian and Federation streetscape. This building was constructed during the interwar period (1920s-1940s) for Giles Hardware, having replaced an earlier single storey timber building opened in 1871 by Alfred Giles.
The former Giles Hardware building is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. Apart from the cantilever verandah, it demonstrates original design qualities of a rudimentary interwar commercial style. These qualities include the dominant rendered parapet, with multi-corbelled projecting piers (forming a narrow bay at one end and the termination of the larger bay at the other end), chamfered pilasters crowned with simple orbs, shallow segmentally arched pediment with a rudimentary capping, heavily moulded and projecting stringcourse that punctuates the piers and pilasters, lower pointed ends to the piers, and the rounded consoles ends to the pilasters. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the row of segmentally arched, six paned and timber framed windows that form highlights for the shop interiors, three early metal framed shopfront bays with dark green glazed tile surrounds, timber and glazed doors and ingoes and leadlight highlights (having a typical interwar geometric pattern).
The former Giles Hardware building is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with Alfred Giles who operated a hardware store on the site for the latter part of the nineteenth century and until the late 1920s.
The former Giles Hardware building is socially significant at a LOCAL level. It is recognised by the St. Arnaud community as having public value as one of the early 20th century commercial buildings in the town, having initially been established in an earlier building on the site by Alfred Giles.
Overall, the former Giles Hardware building is of LOCAL significance.
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Shops (former Giles Hardware), 64-68 Napier Street, ST ARNAUD - Physical Description 1
Although altered with an introduced cantilever verandah, the former Giles Hardware building, Napier Street, St. Arnaud, makes a significant contribution to the predominantly Victorian and Federation streetscape.
The asymmetrical, one and a half storey, rudimentary interwar commercial styled building is characterised by a dominant rendered parapet, with multi-corbelled projecting piers (forming a narrow bay at one end and the termination of the larger bay at the other end). These piers are adorned with elongated stop chamfered pilasters crowned with simple orbs. Similar pilasters also form a central bay (as part of a larger bayed section) and are crowned by a shallow segmentally arched pediment. The parapet itself has a rudimentary capping. The piers and pilasters of the parapet are punctuated by a heavily moulded and projecting stringcourse, below which the piers terminate with pointed ends and the pilasters with rounded consoles.
Immediately above the introduced cantilever verandah is a row of segmentally arched, six paned and timber framed windows that form highlights for the shop interiors. Below the verandah are three early metal framed shopfront bays with dark green glazed tile surrounds, timber and glazed doors and ingoes and early leadlight highlights having a typical interwar geometric pattern.
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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