House and Shop, 35-39 Main Street, STAWELL
35-39 Main Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house and shop at 35-39 Main Street, Stawell, has significance as a predominantly intact example of a mid 20th century style. It appears to have been built after World War II to showcase the patterned bricks of Taylor brickmakers, the house is reflective of some of the residential developments in Stawell at that time. The house appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street.
The house and shop at 35-39 Main Street, Stawell is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell in the mid 20th century. It also demonstrates original design qualities of that era. These qualities include the gable roof forms, together with the parapet shop roofline. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the single storey height, patterned, shaped and coloured brick wall construction, terra cotta tile roof cladding, face brick chimneys with contrasting brick band, curved concrete porch with extension as a window hood, timber windows and timber shop window with angled ingo. The shop is also associated with Mr. Taylor of Taylor brickmakers.
Overall, the house and shop at 35-39 Main Street, Stawell is of LOCAL significance.
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House and Shop, 35-39 Main Street, STAWELL - Physical Description 1
The house is at a short set back from the street boundary with the shopfront built to the street boundary. The boundary is marked by a stepped brick wall which matches the house and shop. The house has a long gable roof with a short transverse gable to one side. The roof is clad in terra cotta roofing tiles. There is an original face brick chimney to one side. The shop has a flat brick parapet concealing the roof. The walls are constructed of impressed patterned bricks which were a popular form of brickwork in the post World War II years and a speciality of the local brickworks. The main wall brick is a dappled cream brick colour with dark red brown bricks used as soldier course over the windows and around the top of the chimney. The dark bricks are also used as a stallboard to the shop window and in the shop parapet. Shaped dark red brown bricks are used for the windows sills and fence capping. There is a decorative section of vertical bricks in the house gable end and four dark bricks forming a pattern in the centre of the shop parapet. The house has timber framed windows with a large fixed central pane and flanking double hung sashes. The shop has a timber framed shop window with an angled ingo and four panelled timber door. The house has a curved flat concrete porch roof which extends to one side to form a window hood. The porch section is supported on an angled brick pier. The porch floor is tiled.
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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