House, 'Terang', 33 Ligar Street, STAWELL
33 Ligar Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house known as 'Terang' at 33 Ligar Street, Stawell, has significance as a predominantly intact example of an unusual Late Victorian style. Built in the late 19th or early 20th century for Hans L. Mitchell, the house appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street.
The house known as 'Terang' is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of an unusual Late Victorian style. These qualities include the steeply pitched hipped roof form that traverses the site, together with the gables that project towards the street frontage (forming a U shaped layout) and the encircling broken back verandah. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the single storey height, horizontal timber weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, roof ridge decoration, timberwork and finials in the gable ends, timber framed double hung windows, timber framed doorway, turned timber verandah posts and the timber verandah fretwork valances. The timber picket fence and gate at the front also contribute to the significance of the place.
The house known as 'Terang' is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and is particularly associated with Hans L. Mitchell, original owner.
Overall, the house known as 'Terang' is of LOCAL significance.
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House, 'Terang', 33 Ligar Street, STAWELL - Physical Description 1
The house known as 'Terang' at 33 Ligar Street, Stawell, is set on a contextually wide allotment for the area, and has a typical front setback. The front comprises open grassed areas and perimeter garden beds, together with some mature exotic trees. The front is bound by an appropriate timber picket fence and gate, approximately 1200 mm high.
The asymmetrical, single storey, horizontal timber weatherboard, Late Victorian styled house is characterised by a steeply pitched roof form that traverses the site, together with gables that project towards the street fronting (creating a U shaped layout) and an encircling broken back verandah. These roof forms are clad in galvanised corrugated iron and are adorned with ridge decoration.
An early feature of the design is the encircling verandah. It is supported by turned timber columns with timber fretwork valances.
Other early features include the timberwork and finials in the gable ends, timber framed double hung windows, and the timber framed doorway.
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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