House, 19 Clifton Avenue, STAWELL

Location

19 Clifton Avenue STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The house at 19 Clifton Avenue, Stawell, has significance as a predominantly intact example of a Victorian style. Possibly built in the late 19th or very early 20th century, the house appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street.

The house at 19 Clifton Avenue is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell in the late 19th and very early 20th centuries. It also demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian style. These qualities include the hipped roof form, together with the hipped bullnosed verandah that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the symmetrical composition, single storey height, horizontal timber weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated steel roof cladding, brick chimney with a corbelled top, narrow eaves with paired timber brackets and panelling between, turned timber verandah columns, decorative cast iron verandah brackets and valances, central front doorway with a four panelled timber door and sidelights and highlight, and the flanking timber framed double hung tripartite windows. The front timber picket fence also contributes to the significance of the place.

Overall, the house at 19 Clifton Avenue is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House