House, 51A-53 Queens Avenue, ST ARNAUD
51A-53 Queens Avenue ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 51A-53 Queens Avenue makes a significant contribution to the predominantly single storey, Victorian styled streetscape. The Victorian style of the house suggests that it was constructed in the late 19th or early 20th century.
Although partially altered, the house at 51A-53 Queens Avenue is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in St. Arnaud in the late 19th or early 20th centuries, and it demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian style. These qualities include the simple dominant hipped roof form, and the return ogee form verandah. Other intact qualities include the red painted galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, two unpainted brick chimneys with dentillated and corbelled tops, narrow eaves with paired timber brackets, central entrance with four panelled timber door and timber framed side and toplights, flanking timber framed, triple light, east bay window, double hung windows, and the cast iron verandah decoration (valances and round columns with pedestals and decorative capitals).
Overall, the house at 51A-53 Queens Avenue is of LOCAL significance.
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House, 51A-53 Queens Avenue, ST ARNAUD - Physical Description 1
The site at 51A-53 Queens Avenue has visual connections with the significant, predominantly Victorian styled, single storey residential streetscape and the house on this site is generally in accord with the form, style, setbacks and construction of these houses. The Victorian style of this house suggests that it was constructed in the late 19th or early 20th century.
Situated on a corner allotment, front of the site at 51A-53 Queens Avenue is bound by a recent steel mesh fence. The front setbacks are approximately 5 metres and the landscaping largely consists of recent shrubs and grassed areas.
The single storey, horizontal weatherboard, Victorian styled house is characterised by a simple dominant hipped roof form, and a return ogee form verandah that projects on the street frontages. These roof forms are clad in red painted galvanised corrugated iron. The verandah fronting Mill Street has been infilled with horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, timber framed double hung windows and decorative leadlight sidelights and door.
Two early unpainted brick chimneys with dentillated and corbelled tops adorn the roofline. Narrow overhangs and paired timber brackets are features of the eaves. The Queens Avenue facade also has early timber framed, triple light, double hung windows. These windows are symmetrically arranged about an early, central four panelled timber door with sidelights. There is a bay window on the east side.
Another early feature of the design is the cast iron verandah decoration, including the valances, and round columns with pedestals and decorative capitals.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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