House, 25 Seaby Street, STAWELL
25 Seaby Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 25 Seaby Street, Stawell, makes a significant contribution to the predominantly single storey, Victorian styled streetscape of Seaby Street between the railway line and Johnson Street. This house appears to have been constructed in c.1940 for C.M. J. Cole, chemist, possibly to a design by the Ballarat architect, G.S. Richards. The house is largely intact and in good condition when viewed from the street.
The house at 25 Seaby Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a late interwar Bungalow style. These qualities include the gable roof form that traverses the site, two minor gables that project towards the street frontage, and a broken back return verandah that projects to the front and side. Other intact qualities include the tiled roof cladding, unpainted brick wall construction (with a dark brick plinth), two elongated unpainted brick chimneys, wide eaves with exposed timber rafters, timber framed boxed windows arranged in horizontal banks of three (having a large central fixed light flanked by double hung windows), unpainted brick verandah piers and balustrading with a dark brick soldier course capping, and the decorative gable infill (shingling, stucco work and ventilators). The garden setting of the site, including the Italian cypresses, grassed areas and front fence, also contribute to the significance of the place. The house at 25-27 Seaby Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the local chemist, G.M.J. Cole, who had this house built in c.1940. The house may also be associated with the Ballarat architect, G.S. Richards.
Overall, the house at 25 Seaby Street is of LOCAL significance.
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House, 25 Seaby Street, STAWELL - Physical Description 1
The site at 25 Seaby Street is visually connected to other significant, single storey, houses in the streetscape of Seaby Street between the railway line and Johnson Street. It is also visually connected to the significant urban foci of St. Matthew's Uniting Church spire to the north-east.
This house is generally in accord with the form and scale of the significant houses visually connected to it, although it is situated on a double allotment providing a large side setback. The front yard consists of open grassed areas punctuated with Italian cypresses and perimeter gardens. The front is bound a timber post and cyclone wire fence with a timber capping and is approximately 1200 mm high.
The asymmetrical, single storey, unpainted brick late interwar Bungalow styled house is characterised by a gable roof form that traverses the site, two minor gables that project towards the street frontage, and a broken back return verandah that projects to the front and side. These roof forms are clad in tiles. Two early, elongated, unpainted brick chimneys adorn the roofline. Wide overhangs with exposed timber rafters are features of the eaves.
The early timber framed boxed windows are arranged in horizontal banks of three, and have a large central fixed light flanked by double hung windows.
Other early features of the design include the dark brick plinth, unpainted brick verandah piers and balustrading with a dark brick soldier course capping, and the decorative gable infill (shingling, stucco work and ventilators).
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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FORMER LITERARY & SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTEVictorian Heritage Register H0531
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CENTRAL PARKVictorian Heritage Register H2284
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FORMER POLICE SUPERINTENDENT'S RESIDENCEVictorian Heritage Register H0986
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