House - Formerly known as 'Walmsley', 26 Seaby Street, STAWELL
26 Seaby Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 26 Seaby Street, Stawell, makes a significant contribution to the predominantly single storey, Victorian styled streetscape of Seaby Street. This house is largely intact on the exterior, and was built in 1907 for the local brickmaker and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. George Barnes. The house is one of the earliest in Stawell constructed by machine-made bricks.
The house at 26 Seaby Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a Federation style. These qualities include the gable roof form that traverses the site, together with the minor gable and broken back skillion verandah that project towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the machine-made brick wall construction, slate roof cladding, single storey height, asymmetrical composition, three unpainted brick chimneys with multi-corbelled cornices, broad eaves, are a feature of the eaves, timber framed double hung windows, timber doorway, turned timber verandah columns and arched timber fretwork valances, flying gable and decorative bargeboards, oculus ventilator in the gable end, masonry window lintels and sills and the terra cotta ridge ornamentation. The front garden and trees also contribute to the significance of the place.
The house at 26 Seaby Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell during the Federation (c.1895-1915) period. In particular, this house has associations with George Barnes and his wife, who instigated construction in 1907. George Barnes was a successful fruit grower, pioneering the export fruit trade to England in the second half of the 19th century, as well as pioneering machine-made bricks from 1906 as part of the Stawell Pressed Brick Company. Barnes also served the community for many years as a Councillor, with a period as Mayor in 1910-11. The house at 26-28 Seaby Street is scientifically significant at a LOCAL level. The house is constructed of some of the earliest machine-made bricks in Stawell, representing a new technological development for the period.
Overall, the house at 26 Seaby Street is of LOCAL significance.
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House - Formerly known as 'Walmsley', 26 Seaby Street, STAWELL - Physical Description 1
The house at 26 Seaby Street, Stawell, 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, Grampians ranges to the south-west, and the chimney stack to the north.
This house is generally in accord with the form, scale and setbacks of the significant houses visually connected to it. The front yard consists of a grassed area with perimeter gardens and is punctuated by a paved path. There is also a mature Italian cypress at the side and other trees. The front is bound by an introduced palisade fence.
The single storey, asymmetrical, Federation styled house is characterised by a gable roof form that traverses the site, together with a minor gable and broken back skillion verandah that project towards the street frontage. These roof forms are clad in slate. Three unpainted brick chimneys with multi-corbelled cornices adorn the roofline. Broad overhangs are a feature of the eaves.
The timber framed double hung windows, arranged singularly but closely spaced, and the timber doorway are other early features of the design.
A distinctive feature of the house is the front verandah, with its turned timber verandah columns and arched timber fretwork valances. The steel verandah balustrade appears to have been introduced.
Other early or appropriate decorative features of the design include the flying gable and decorative bargeboards, oculus ventilator in the gable end, masonry window lintels and sills and the terra cotta ridge ornamentation.
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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