House, 27 Childe Street, STAWELL
27 Childe Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 27 Childe Street, Stawell, has significance as a predominantly intact example of a Victorian style. Although no historical details have been ascertained, the Victorian design suggests that it was constructed in the late 19th or very early 20th century. The house appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street.
The house at 27 Childe Street is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell in the late 19th and very early 20th centuries. It also demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian style. These qualities include the hipped roof form, together with the hipped convex verandah that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the symmetrical composition, single storey height, horizontal timber weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated steel roof cladding, painted brick chimney with a corbelled top, narrow eaves with paired timber brackets, symmetrical arrangement of the central four panelled timber door (with sidelights and highlights) and flanking timber framed double hung windows, and the stop chamfered verandah columns (with projecting moulded capitals) and the cast iron valances and brackets.
Overall, the house at 27 Childe Street is of LOCAL significance.
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House, 27 Childe Street, STAWELL - Physical Conditions
The house at 27 Childe Street, Stawell, appears to be set on an average-sized allotment for the street and has a modest front setback comprised a well-landscaped garden setting. There is no front fence.
The symmetrical, single storey, horizontal timber weatherboard, Victorian styled house is characterised by a hipped roof form, together with a hipped convex verandah that projects towards the street frontage. These roof forms are clad in galvanised corrugated steel. An early painted brick chimney with a corbelled top adorns the roofline. Narrow overhangs with paired timber brackets are features of the eaves.
The symmetry of the design is accentuated by the early central doorway with panelled timber door and sidelights and highlights, and the flanking early timber framed double hung windows.
A feature of the design is the front verandah. It is supported by stop chamfered timber columns with projecting moulded timber capitals and is adorned with cast iron valances and brackets.
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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