House, 4 Walker Street, ST ARNAUD
4 Walker Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 4 Walker Street, St. Arnaud is significant as a highly externally intact example of a brick interwar Bungalow. The design of the house suggests that it was constructed between the 1920s and 1940s.
The house at 4 Walker Street is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in St. Arnaud during the interwar (1920s-1940s) period, and it demonstrates original design qualities of an interwar Bungalow style. These qualities include the gable roof form that traverses the site, together with the two minor gables that project towards the street frontage. Other intact qualities include the face red brick and tapestry brick wall construction, terra cotta tile roof cladding, two face red brick chimneys with tapestry brick soldier course cappings, wide eaves, arched porch opening, timber framed double hung boxed windows arranged in banks of three with decorative leadlighting in the upper sashes, tapestry brick gable infill (with a herringbone pattern), multi-paned timber and glazed double front doors under the porch, and the tapestry brick soldier course stringcourse. The front brick fence and garden also contribute to the significance of the place.
Overall, the house at 4 Walker Street is of LOCAL significance.
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House, 4 Walker Street, ST ARNAUD - Physical Description 1
The house at 4 Walker Street is set on an average-sized residential allotment, with a front garden consisting of perimeter flower beds, mature shrubs and trees, and grassed areas. The house has a front setback of approximately 5 metres, and is bound at the front by an early brick fence, approximately 1500 mm high.
The single storey, face red brick, interwar Bungalow styled house is characterised by a gable roof form that traverses the site, together with two minor gables that project towards the street frontage. These roof forms are clad in terra cotta tiles. Two early face red brick chimneys with tapestry brick soldier course cappings adorn the roofline. Wide overhangs are features of the eaves.
The front facade features early timber framed double hung boxed windows arranged in banks of three and with the upper sashes decorated with leadlighting. There is also multi-paned timber and glazed front double doors under the arched porch.
An early decorative feature of the design is the front arched porch under one of the minor projecting gables. This gable has tapestry brick construction, face red brick piers and herringbone patterned tapestry brick gable infill. Similar tapestry brick decoration is found as infill on the second projecting gable, with a tapestry brick soldier course stringcourse forming another decorative feature.
Other early features of the design include the large timber gable brackets and the squat terra cotta finials on the gable ends.
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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