House, 23 Queens Avenue, ST ARNAUD
23 Queens Avenue ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 23 Queens Avenue makes a significant contribution to the predominantly single storey, Victorian styled residential and partly tree-lined streetscapes of Queens Avenue and of Inkerman Street between Queens Avenue and Canterbury Street. The Victorian style of the house suggests that it was constructed in the late 19th century.
Although partially altered, the house at 23 Queens Avenue is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in St. Arnaud in the late 19th century, and it demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian style. These qualities include the generally symmetrical composition, single storey height, simple dominant hipped roof form, and the return bullnosed verandah. Other intact qualities include the lapped galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, painted brick chimney with a corbelled top, narrow eaves with paired timber brackets and panelling, central recessed entrance with four panelled timber door and timber framed side and toplights, flanking timber framed, double hung, full length windows arranged in pairs, and the cast iron verandah decoration (valance, brackets, and round columns with decorative capitals).
Overall, the house at 23 Queens Avenue is of LOCAL significance.
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House, 23 Queens Avenue, ST ARNAUD - Physical Description 1
The site at 23 Queens Avenue has visual connections with other significant, predominantly Victorian styled, single storey houses in the residential and partly tree-lined streetscapes of Queens Avenue and of Inkerman Street between Queens Avenue and Canterbury Street. The house is generally in accord with the form, scale, construction, style and setbacks of the significant houses visually connected to it. The Victorian style of the house suggests that it was constructed in the late 19th century.
The house is situated on a corner allotment with typical front and side setbacks. The street frontages are largely plain in appearance and consist primarily of grassed areas.
The asymmetrical, single storey, horizontal weatherboard, Victorian style house is characterised by a simple, dominant hipped roof form, and a return bullnosed verandah. These roof forms are clad in lapped galvanised corrugated iron. A skillion verandah is situated on the other side of the house and is a later addition. An early, painted brick chimney with a corbelled top adorns the roofline. Narrow overhangs, paired timber brackets, and panelling are features of the eaves. The early timber framed double hung windows at the front are arranged in pairs and appear to be full length. The four panelled timber door and timber framed side and toplights to the central recessed entrance are also early.
An early decorative feature of the design is the cast iron verandah decoration, including the valance, brackets, and round columns with decorative capitals. The white painted brick verandah balustrade with mission brown curved cappings may have been introduced during the inter-war period.
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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