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House, 27 Queens Avenue, ST ARNAUD

Location

27 Queens Avenue ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The site at 27 Queens Avenue makes a significant contribution to the predominantly single storey, Victorian styled residential and partly tree-lined streetscapes of Queens Avenue and of Inkerman Street between Queens Avenue and Canterbury Street. The Victorian style of the house suggests that it was constructed in the late 19th century.

The house at 27 Queens Avenue is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in St. Arnaud in the late 19th century, an it demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian style. These qualities include the symmetrical composition, single storey height, simple, dominant hipped roof form and hipped roof verandah that projects at the front. Other intact qualities include the dichromatic brick wall construction, lapped galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, two rendered/painted brick chimneys with projecting tops, narrow eaves, centrally located entrance, flanking timber framed, triple light, double hung windows, cream brick quoinwork and banding, and the cast iron verandah decoration (valance, brackets and round columns with decorative capitals).

Overall, the house at 27 Queens Avenue is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House