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House - 'Bishopholme', 21 McMahon Street, ST ARNAUD

Location

21 McMahon Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

Bishopholme, 21 McMahon Street, St. Arnaud, has visual connections to other significant buildings in the street, notably the Victorian Early English Gothic styled Uniting Church. This house has significance as a predominantly intact example of the interwar Bungalow style. The design of the house suggests that it was constructed during the interwar period (1920s or 1930s).

Bishopholme is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in St. Arnaud in the interwar (1920s and 1930s) period and it demonstrates original and appropriate design qualities of an interwar Bungalow style. These qualities include the stepped gable roof forms that project at the front and side, unpainted brick wall construction and the tiled roof cladding. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the three elongated unpainted brick chimneys with stuccoed brick tops, wide eaves and exposed rafters, timber framed windows and the decorative gable infill (shingling, ventilators, battening and panelling).

Bishopholme is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It was the home of the first Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of St. Arnaud from c1926.

Overall, Bishopholme, 21 McMahon Street, St Arnaud, is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House