House, 10 Queens Avenue, ST ARNAUD
10 Queens Avenue ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 10 Queens Avenue makes a significant contribution to the predominantly single storey residential streetscape distinguished by some Victorian and Edwardian styled houses. The Victorian style of this house suggests that it was constructed in the late 19th or early 20th century.
The house at 10 Queens Avenue is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in St. Arnaud in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and it demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian style. These qualities include the symmetrical composition, single storey height, simple dominant hipped roof form, and the hipped bullnosed verandah that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the dark red painted galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, brick (recently painted) chimney with a corbelled top and chimney base, narrow eaves with paired decorative timber brackets, central entrance with four panelled timber door and timber framed side and toplights, flanking timber framed, triple light, double hung windows, cast iron verandah decoration (valances and brackets), turned timber verandah columns and the timber verandah floor.
Overall, the house at 10 Queens Avenue is of LOCAL significance.
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House, 10 Queens Avenue, ST ARNAUD - Physical Description 1
The site at 10 Queens Avenue has visual connections with other significant Victorian and Edwardian styled, single storey houses along the south end of the Queens Avenue streetscape. It also has a visual connection with the former St. Patrick's Catholic Church building. The Victorian style of this house suggests that it was constructed in the late 19th or early 20th century.
The site at 10 Queens Avenue is bound at the front by a recent unpainted cream brick fence with a brown ceramic capping, approximately 800 mm high. The front setback of the house on this site is approximately 7 metres, with smaller side setbacks. The front garden is typically rudimentary, being characterised by grassed areas, perimeter flower beds and some large trees. The side concrete driveway leads to a rear garage.
The symmetrical, single storey, horizontal weatherboard, Victorian styled house is characterised by a simple dominant hipped roof form, together with a hipped bullnosed verandah that projects towards the street frontage. These roof forms are clad in dark red painted galvanised corrugated iron. A recently painted brick chimney with a corbelled top adorns the roofline and the chimney base is situated at the side of the house. Narrow overhangs with paired decorative timber brackets are features of the eaves.
The symmetrical composition of the front facade is emphasised by the early timber framed triple light, double hung windows, which flank a central entrance with an early four panelled timber door with side and toplights.
An early feature of the design is the cast iron verandah decoration, notably the valances and brackets. The turned timber verandah columns are recent but appropriate. The timber verandah floor also appears to be recent but appropriate.
There is narrow skillion roofed, weatherboard clad extension that has more recently been introduced to one side of the house.
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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