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House, 71-73 Railway Road, GREAT WESTERN

Location

71-73 Railway Road GREAT WESTERN, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The house, 71-73 Railway Road, Great Western, has significance as a reasonably externally intact example of a Late Victorian/Edwardian style. The design qualities of this house suggest that it was constructed in the early 20th century, and was at one stage the home of Charlie Bullock, local carpenter, builder and handy man.

The house, 71-73 Railway Road, Great Western, is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Great Western in the early 20th century, and is further associated with Charlie Bullock, who was a local carpenter, builder and handyman. The house demonstrates original design qualities of a Late Victorian/Edwardian style. These qualities include the hipped roof form, together with the minor gable that projects to the front and the return bullnosed verandah. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, unpainted brick chimney, timber framed double hung windows, narrow eaves, window hood and support brackets, timber verandah columns, Art Nouveau styled timber fretwork valances and timber verandah brackets, and the gable infill (panelling and battening). The timber post and woven wire fence also contributes to the significance of the place.

Overall, the house, 71-73 Railway Road, Great Western, is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House