House, 49 Seaby Street, STAWELL
49 Seaby Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 49 Seaby Street, Stawell, has significance as reasonably intact example of the Victorian style. Although the construction date of this house has not been determine, the Victorian style of the design suggests that it was built in the late 19th or early 20th century. The verandah cladding and window, and the window hood at the front represent introduced alterations and additions and are easily reversible in any future restoration.
The house at 49 Seaby Street is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and it demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian style. These qualities include the hipped roof form that traverses the site, together with a gable and hipped bullnosed verandah that project towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the rendered brick wall construction, galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, unpainted brick chimney with a corbelled top, narrow eaves, timber framed double hung windows, timber verandah floor and the timber bargeboards.
Overall, the house at 49 Seaby Street is of LOCAL significance.
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House, 49 Seaby Street, STAWELL - Physical Description 1
The house at 49 Seaby Street, Stawell, has a large front setback that is identified by a central concrete path, side driveway, grassed areas, perimeter gardens and large trees.
The asymmetrical, single storey, rendered brick, Victorian styled house is characterised by a hipped roof form that traverses the site, together with a gable and hipped bullnosed verandah that project towards the street frontage. These roof forms are clad in galvanised corrugated iron. An early unpainted brick chimney with a corbelled top adorns the roofline. Narrow overhangs are a feature of the eaves.
Other early features of the design include the timber framed double hung windows, timber verandah floor and the timber bargeboards with decorative ends.
The window and wall cladding of the front verandah has been introduced, as has the window hood above the front window.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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