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Frayne House, 3-7 Frayne Street, STAWELL
Location3-7 Frayne Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE LevelRecommended for Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
The Frayne house, 3-7 Frayne Street, Stawell, has significance as an intact example of an early 20th century Federation style timber villa. The house appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street. The Frayne house, 3-7 Frayne Street, Stawell, is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of an early 20th century Federation style timber villa. These qualities include the single storey height; the hip and gable roof forms; the corrugated iron roof cladding with decorative metal ridge capping and finials; the square edged weatherboard wall cladding; the timber shingle gable end cladding; return verandah with decorative frieze, the chimneys with corbelled decoration; the timber framed double hung windows and the window awnings with timber brackets and ripple iron cladding. The Frayne house, 3-7 Frayne Street, Stawell, is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell in the early 20th century. In particular, this house is associated with the Frayne family who constructed and operated the Wimmera Flour Mills from 1876. Overall, the Frayne house, 3-7 Frayne Street, Stawell,is of LOCAL significance.
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
House