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House - 'Inverness' , 13 Silvermines Road, ST ARNAUD
Location13 Silvermines Road ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE LevelRecommended for Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
The house known as "Inverness" at 13 Silvermines Road, St. Arnaud, has significance as an predominantly externally intact example of a Victorian style. The design qualities of this house suggest that it was constructed in the 19th century. This house appears to have been occupied by a Nurse Gardners at an early period, and has also been the home of the McKinnon family. The house known as "Inverness" at 13 Silvermines Road is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in St. Arnaud in the 19th century, and particularly with Nurse Gardners and the McKinnon family, early and subsequent occupiers. The house also demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian style. These qualities include the double gable roof forms that traverse the site, together with a concave verandah that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the single storey height, symmetrical composition, galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, brick wall construction, narrow eaves, unpainted brick chimneys with multi-corbelled tops, central timber framed doorway with a four panelled timber door, sidelights and transoms, timber framed double hung windows with cement rendered sills, small timber ventilation openings at the side, timber verandah columns, and the decorative cast iron verandah valances and brackets. Overall, the house known as "Inverness" at 13 Silvermines Road is of LOCAL significance.
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
House