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House, 'Clovelly' (former 'Myrrdin'), 5-7 Clifton Avenue, STAWELL

Location

5-7 Clifton Avenue STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

Clovelly, 5-7 Clifton Avenue, Stawell has significance as a predominantly intact 19th century house in the remains of a large garden setting. Built by mining investor William Anthony soon after his marriage it remained in the Anthony family until 1919. The Anthony family were related to "Teapot Thomas" a local shop owner and operated shops in Stawell and Marnoo as Anthony and Coy from the 1890s until the 1940s. The house later became the home of the Williams family of whom father and son were Stawell Councillors.

Clovelly, 5-7 Clifton Avenue, Stawell is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. The house demonstrates original and early design qualities of a Victorian Villa style. These qualities include the single storey height; hipped and gable roof forms, the convex form return verandah supported on paired cast iron columns with cast iron frieze and balustrade; face brick wall with rendered quoins and architraves; central main doorway with transom light above; timber framed double hung windows; rendered brick chimneys with incised rectangular panels and projecting tops. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the corrugated metal roof cladding to all roof forms and the interwar additions to the Clifton Avenue facade. The garden setting contributes to the significance of the place.

Clovelly, 5-7 Clifton Avenue, Stawell is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with William Anthony who constructed the house in 1873, the Anthony family and the Williams family. The property also has associations with George Inskip, prominent architect of Melbourne and Stawell.

Overall, Clovelly, 5-7 Clifton Avenue, Stawell is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House