House, 'Eurmarella', 32 Ligar Street, STAWELL
32 Ligar Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house known as 'Eurmarella' at 32 Ligar Street, Stawell, has significance as a predominantly intact example of the Late Victorian style. Built in the late 19th or early 20th century for David McAlpine Mitchell, the house appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street.
The house known as 'Eurmarella' at 32 Ligar Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a Late Victorian style. These qualities include the hipped roof forms, together with the return bullnosed verandah that projects at the front and side. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the single storey height, horizontal timber weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, painted brick chimneys with corbelled tops, narrow eaves with timber brackets, project gabled entrance portico with ridge decoration and elaborate timber bargeboards, timber verandah columns, timber framed double hung windows, and the timber framed front doorway with sidelights and highlights. The front timber picket fence and corner gate also contribute to the significance of the place.
The house known as 'Eurmarella' at 32 Ligar Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and has particular associations with David McAlpine Mitchell, original owner.
Overall, the house known as 'Eurmarella' at 32 Ligar Street is of LOCAL significance.
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House, 'Eurmarella', 32 Ligar Street, STAWELL - Physical Description 1
The house known as 'Eurmarella' at 32 Ligar Street, Stawell, is set on an average sized allotment for the area and has a typical front setback. The front comprises a pedestrian pathway with open grassed areas and perimeter garden beds and shrubbery. The front and side are bound by an appropriate timber picket fence with a corner gate that is approximately 1300 mm high.
The single storey, horizontal timber weatherboard, Late Victorian styled house is characterised by a hipped roof form, together with a rear hip and a return verandah that projects at the front and side. These roof forms are clad in brown painted galvanised corrugated iron. Three painted brick chimneys with corbelled tops adorn the roofline. Narrow overhangs with timber brackets are features of the eaves.
A feature of the design is the return verandah. It has a central projecting gable entrance portico with ridge decoration and elaborate timber bargeboards. The verandah (including the portico) is supported by turned timber columns that appear to have been introduced, as does the timber fretwork valances and brackets.
Early features of the design include the timber framed double hung windows, together with the timber framed doorway, sidelights and highlights. The timber and glazed front door may have been introduced.
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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