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House, 117-123 Stephenson Street, GREAT WESTERN

Location

117-123 Stephenson Street GREAT WESTERN, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The house at 117-123 Stephenson Street, Great Western, has significance as a relatively externally intact example of a vernacular Victorian style. The design of the house suggests that it was constructed in the late 19th or early 20th century.

The house at 117-123 Stephenson Street is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Great Western in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and although partially altered, it demonstrates some original design qualities of a vernacular Victorian style. These qualities include the triple gable roof form that traverses the site, together with a skillion verandah that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, unpainted red brick chimney with a corbelled top, narrow eaves, and the centrally located timber framed front doorway.

Overall, the house at 117-123 Stephenson Street is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House