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House, 31-33 Millett Street, ST ARNAUD

Location

31-33 Millett Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The house at 31-33 Millett Street appears to be relatively intact from the exterior. The Victorian style of the building suggests that it was constructed in the c.1880s.

The house at 31-33 Millett Street is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in St. Arnaud in the 1870s and 1880s, and it demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian style. These qualities include the symmetrical composition, the single storey height, the double gable roof forms that traverse the site, and the ogee form verandah that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact qualities include the painted and lapped galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, the brick wall construction, the two brick chimneys with simple corbelled tops, the narrow eaves, the timber framed double hung windows and central doorway, and the decorative features (the cream painted brick quoinwork about the window and door openings, and the cast iron verandah valances, brackets and columns). The landscape and garden of the property contributes to the significance of the place.

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

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House