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House, "Cannum", 17 Childe Street, STAWELL
Location17 Childe Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE LevelRecommended for Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
"Cannum", 17 Childe Street, Stawell, has significance as a moderately intact example of a Late Victorian/Edwardian style. Although no historical details have been ascertained, the design suggests that it was constructed in the late 19th or early 20th century. The house appears to have experienced some alterations, with the lack of chimney/s near the front and the cast iron verandah valance, while appropriate, may have been introduced. The house appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street. "Cannum", 17 Childe Street is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level.It is associated with residential developments in Stawell in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The house also demonstrates some original design qualities of a Late Victorian/Edwardian style. These qualities include the recessive hipped roof form that traverses the site, together with the minor hip that projects towards the street frontage and the return bullnosed verandah that projects at the front and side. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, horizontal timber weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated steel roof cladding, narrow eaves with paired timber brackets, panelling and paterae, chamfered timber verandah columns with projecting moulded timber capitals, cast iron verandah valances and brackets, tripartite timber framed double hung windows, and the four panelled timber door with sidelights and highlight. Overall, "Cannum", 17 Childe Street is of LOCAL significance.
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
House