House, 10 Charlton Road, ST ARNAUD

The house at 10 Charlton Road is architecturally and historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in St. Arnaud in the early 20th century and with the headmasters of the St Arnaud State School No. 1646, and it demonstrates original design qualities of an interwar Bungalow style. These qualities include the single storey height, and the dominant gambrel roof form with minor gables that project at the front and side. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the horizontal weatherboard cladding and stuccoed brick wall construction, the lapped galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, the wide eaves with exposed timber rafters, the three stucco chimneys with soldier course cappings, the timber framed, double hung and casement windows arranged in bays, horizontal banks, in pairs and singularly, the timber framed front doorway with timber and glazed door and sidelight, and the decorative features (timber verandah brackets, columns and capped timber balustrade, timber joinery simulating shingling in the gables and the gable ventilator). The mature and substantial trimmed hedge at the front and partly at the side, together with the scrolled metal gate, also contribute to the significance of the place.

Overall, the house at 10 Charlton Road is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House