House, 4 Dawson Street, STAWELL
4 Dawson Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 4 Dawson Street, Stawell, has significance as a predominantly intact example of an interwar Bungalow style. Possibly built in the c.1920s-1940s, modest design and detailing suggests that the construction of the building formed part of the State Savings Bank of Victoria's financial, design, and construction scheme which operated in accordance with the Victorian Housing Act of 1920 and Credit Foncier System. The house appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street.
The house at 4 Dawson Street is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell in the early 20th century, and possibly with the State Savings Bank of Victoria's finance, design and construction scheme. It also demonstrates original design qualities of an interwar Bungalow style. These qualities include the broad gable roof form that traverses the site, together with the minor gable that projects towards the street frontage and the front verandah (that is an extension of the main roof), which extends across the minor gable to form a window hood. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, horizontal timber weatherboard wall cladding, corrugated profile sheet metal roof cladding (but not the zincalume finish), brick chimney (but not the painted finish), wide eaves with exposed timber rafters, paired square timber verandah columns on brick piers (but not the painted finish to the piers), large timber bracket supporting the window hood end of the verandah, paired timber framed double hung windows with four paned upper sashes, timber framed front doorway and the stucco gable infill. The gabled timber garage also contributes to the significance of the place.
Overall, the house at 4 Dawson Street is of LOCAL significance.
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House, 4 Dawson Street, STAWELL - Physical Description 1
The house at 4 Dawson Street, Stawell, appears to be set on an average-sized allotment for the area and has a modest front setback comprising an open grassed areas and perimeter garden beds. The front is bound by an introduced open horizontal timber paling fence supported by hollow tubular steel posts. To one side of the house is an early gabled garage with a galvanised corrugated steel roof (painted brown) and horizontal timber weatherboard wall cladding.
The asymmetrical, single storey, horizontal timber weatherboard, interwar Bungalow styled house is characterised by a broad gable roof form that traverses the site, together with a minor gable that projects towards the street frontage. The front is further characterised by a verandah that is an extension of the main roof and it extends across the minor gable to form a window hood. These roof forms are clad in corrugated zincalume. A brick (now painted) chimney adorns the roofline. Wide overhangs with exposed timber rafters are features of the eaves.
An early feature of the design is the front verandah that extends to form a window hood. It is supported by paired square timber columns on brick piers (partially painted) and large timber brackets support the window hood end. One end of the verandah appears to have introduced timber weatherboard infill.
Other early features of the design include the paired timber framed double hung windows with four paned upper sashes, timber framed front doorway and the stucco gable infill.
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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