House - 'Denton', 8 O'Callaghan Street, STAWELL
8 O'Callaghan Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house known as 'Denton' at 8 O'Callaghan Street, Stawell, has significance as an intact example of a Late Victorian style, and for its long time associations with the Mills family between c.1899 and 1995. Built in c.1899 for Samuel Mills, wholesale and retail fruiterer, the house appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street.
The house known as 'Denton' at 8 O'Callaghan Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a Late Victorian style. These qualities include the hipped roof form, together with the hipped concave verandah that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the single storey height, face brick wall construction galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, narrow eaves, face brick chimneys with multi-corbelled tops, stop chamfered timber verandah posts, decorative cast iron verandah brackets and valances, central timber framed front doorway and the timber framed double hung windows.
The house known as 'Denton' at 8 O'Callaghan Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell in the late 19th century. In particular, this house as long term associations with the Mills family, having been built in c.1899 for Samuel Mills, wholesale and retail fruiterer, and will subsequent members of the Mills family until 1995.
Overall, the house known as 'Denton' at 8 O'Callaghan Street is of LOCAL significance.
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House - 'Denton', 8 O'Callaghan Street, STAWELL - Physical Description 1
The house known as 'Denton' at 8 O'Callaghan Street, Stawell, is set on an averaged sized corner allotment for the area, with typical front and side setbacks. The surrounds are largely open grassed areas with perimeter garden beds, shrubbery and trees. The front is bound by an introduced capped, corrugated iron fence with arched timber gate, the whole painted green and approximately 1300 mm high.
The single storey, face brick, Late Victorian styled house is characterised by a hipped roof form, together with a hipped concave verandah that projects towards the street frontage. There is an introduced steeply pitched skillion addition and a gabled carport at the rear. These roof forms are clad in deep red painted galvanised corrugated iron. Two face brick chimneys with multi-corbelled tops adorn the roofline. Narrow overhangs are features of the eaves.
An early feature of the design is the front verandah. It is supported by stop chamfered timber posts and is adorned with decorative cast iron brackets and valances.
Other early features of the design include the central timber framed front doorway, and the timber framed double hung windows.
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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