House, 5 Wimmera Street, STAWELL
5 Wimmera Street, STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The house at 5 Wimmera Street, Stawell, has significance for its associations with the development of the Stawell Detachment between 1889 and 1914, and for its architectural qualities associated with the original Orderly Room of 1889 and the later additions and alterations in 1917 with its conversion into a private residence. The house appears to be in fair-good condition when viewed from the street.
The house at 5 Wimmera Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original and early design qualities associated with the Late Victorian styled Orderly Room and the Federation styled additions and alterations. These qualities include the recessive late 19th century gabled roof form that traverses the site, together with the early 20th century gambrel roof form that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, horizontal timber weatherboard wall cladding, lapped galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, face brick chimneys, narrow eaves, 19th century porch gable that projects at the side of the rear gable roof, return verandah under the gambrel roof overhang supported by timber columns and the decorative large, curved timber fretwork Federation styled valances, projecting rectangular window bay at the front with its bank of timber framed casement windows and window hood, timber framed doorway near the front, rear verandah porch with timber fretwork, and the timber framed windows. Although introduced, the front timber picket fence also contributes to the significance of the place.
The house at 5 Wimmera Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. The building is associated with the development of the Stawell Detachment (A Company) of the Victorian Rangers in 1889. This Citizen Military Force occupied the building that was then an Orderly Room until c.1914, during which time there were various parades and activities, including social occasions. The Orderly Room also served as a skating rink in 1913-14. The building also has associations with Mr. Gustave Hasse, who took up ownership of the property in 1917 and altered and added to the Orderly Room, converting it into a private residence.
Overall, the house at 5 Wimmera Street is of LOCAL significance.
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House, 5 Wimmera Street, STAWELL - Physical Description 1
The house at 5 Wimmera Street, Stawell, is set on a contextually large allotment for the area. The wide frontage has a landscaped garden of perimeter flower beds, shrubs and trees. The front is bound by a timber picket fence approximately 1300 mm high, a central gate with lychgate pergola, and a side vehicular gateway.
The asymmetrical, single storey, horizontal timber weatherboard, Late Victorian and Federation styled house is characterised by a recessive late 19th century gabled roof form that traverses the site, together with an early 20th century gambrel roof form that projects towards the street frontage. These roof forms are clad in lapped, green painted galvanised corrugated iron. Two early face brick chimneys adorn the roofline, as does a galvanised ventilation stack that may have been introduced in more recent times. Narrow overhangs are features of the eaves.
The original wing of the house appears to be the rear traversing gable. It has an early porch gable that projects at the side.
The early 20th century gambrel wing has a return verandah under the roof overhang that is supported by timber columns and is decorated with large, curved timber fretwork valances that are typical of Federation design. There is a projecting rectangular window bay at the front, with a bank of timber framed casement windows having a window hood above.
Other early features of the design reflective of the changes made in the early 20th century include the timber framed doorway near the front, rear verandah porch with timber fretwork, and the timber framed 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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HILL PIPE ORGAN - ST PETER'S LUTHERAN CHURCHVictorian Heritage Register H2177
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CENTRAL PARKVictorian Heritage Register H2284
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COMMONWEALTH MEMORIALVictorian Heritage Register H1943
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