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House, 31-33 Bowen Street, ST ARNAUD

Location

31-33 Bowen Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The house at 31-33 Bowen Street makes a significant contribution to the predominantly single storey, Victorian and Edwardian styled streetscape in this section of the street. Substantially intact from the exterior, this house appears to have been constructed soon after 1900 as a rental property for Ann Wheeler, who owned and built a number of nearby houses.

The house at 31-33 Bowen Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a transitional Late Victorian and Edwardian style. These qualitie include the asymmetrical composition, the single storey height, the main M-shaped hip roof form, the minor gable that projects towards the street frontage, the rear projecting minor gable, and the bullnosed return verandah that projects at the front and side between the projecting gables. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the red-painted corrugated galvanised iron roof cladding, the unpainted brick wall construction, the three early unpainted brick chimneys with decorative cement rendered tops, the modest boxed and lined eaves with decorative relief panels, the timber framed casement and double hung windows, the front doorway with sidelight, the timber verandah floor on brick base, and the decorative features (turned timber verandah columns, elaborate cast iron verandah brackets and valances, and the gable elements, notably the brackets, timber bargeboards and gable screen or battens, and the stucco work). The remnant exotic trees and gardens also contribute to the significance of the place.

The site at 31-33 Bowen Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in St. Arnaud in the early 20th century. In particular, this site is associated with parts of Lots 3 And 4 of Section J3 that were sold to F. H. Crook in 1890, and with the later subdivision of the land under LP 4147, in late 1899 or early 1900. The house is also associated with Ann Wheeler, its earliest owner, who had purchased a number of allotments of land in this stretch of Bowen Street c.1900 and built a number of houses as rental properties. The house is also associated with a later owner, A. Halfhide, who was a prominent jeweller in the township.

Overall, the house at 31-33 Bowen Street is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House