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House. 13 Bowen Street, ST ARNAUD

Location

13 Bowen Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The rudimentary Victorian style of the cottage at 13 Bowen Street suggests that it was constructed in the second half of the 19th century. The cottage is situated on original Lot 17 of Section F2 that had been purchased by B. Lyons on 21 July 1891 but the site may have been under an early mining lease and sold by the Crown at this later date with the house already erected. The house has experienced a number of alterations, although the form and general character of the building are extant.

The house at 13 Bowen Street historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. Although altered, it is associated with residential developments in St. Arnaud in the second half of the 19th century, and it demonstrates some original design qualities of a rudimentary Victorian style. These qualities include the symmetrical composition, the single storey height, the double gable roof forms and the skillion verandah that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the lapped galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, the horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, the timber window frames and their symmetrical locations, the central doorway, and the brick chimneys. The substantial gardens and rear timber outbuilding also contribute to the significance of the place.

Overall, the house at 13 Bowen Street is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House