'Dundrennan', 2 Walker Street, ST ARNAUD
2 Walker Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 2 Walker Street has significance as a relatively externally intact example of a Victorian styled brick villa in St. Arnaud. It was built for William Mogg and his wife, Grace, in 1884, to a design by a Mr. Marquand. William Mogg was a local solicitor.
The house at 2 Walker Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original and early design qualities of a Victorian style. These qualities include the hipped roof form, together with the return concave verandah and the rear gabled wing that traverses the site. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the lapped galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding (overpainted dark red), face brick wall construction, brick chimneys with multi-corbelled tops, modest eaves with timber brackets, timber framed double hung windows with shallow-arched heads, timber door case with four panelled timber door and side lights and transom, and the timber verandah columns and cast iron valances and brackets. The house at 2 Walker Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the development of substantial villa residences in St. Arnaud in the 1880s. In particular, this house has associations with the early St. Arnaud solicitor, William James Mogg and his wife, Grace, who had this house built in 1884 to a design by a Mr. Marquand. The house has further associations with the contractors, Kell and Edwards.
Overall, the house at 2 Walker Street is of LOCAL significance.
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'Dundrennan', 2 Walker Street, ST ARNAUD - Physical Description 1
The house at 2 Walker Street is set on a large allotment at the north-west corner of Walker and Dundas Street. There is a large front garden that consists of grassed areas, recent brick borders to garden beds, brick paths, and shrubs and trees.
The single storey, face red brick, Victorian styled house is characterised by an original hipped roof form, together with an early concave verandah. A rear gable roof form that traverses the site and projects at the sides, appears to have been an early addition. These roof forms are clad in lapped galvanised corrugated iron overpainted red. Three painted brick chimneys with multi-corbelled tops adorn the rooflines. Modest overhangs with timber brackets are features of the eaves.
The symmetrical nature of the front facade is accentuated by the central doorway, with a timber framed door case, four panelled timber door and sidelights and transom. This doorway is flanked by pairs of full length, single, timber framed double hung windows with shallow arched heads. The other windows also appear to be timber framed and double hung.
An early decorative feature of the design is the return verandah. It has recent (but appropriate) square timber columns and elaborate cast iron valances and brackets.
To one side is evidence of previous overpainting to the exterior walls, and an introduced timber and glazed porch.
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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