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House, 'Eurmarella', 32 Ligar Street, STAWELL

Location

32 Ligar Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The house known as 'Eurmarella' at 32 Ligar Street, Stawell, has significance as a predominantly intact example of the Late Victorian style. Built in the late 19th or early 20th century for David McAlpine Mitchell, the house appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street.

The house known as 'Eurmarella' at 32 Ligar Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a Late Victorian style. These qualities include the hipped roof forms, together with the return bullnosed verandah that projects at the front and side. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the single storey height, horizontal timber weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, painted brick chimneys with corbelled tops, narrow eaves with timber brackets, project gabled entrance portico with ridge decoration and elaborate timber bargeboards, timber verandah columns, timber framed double hung windows, and the timber framed front doorway with sidelights and highlights. The front timber picket fence and corner gate also contribute to the significance of the place.

The house known as 'Eurmarella' at 32 Ligar Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and has particular associations with David McAlpine Mitchell, original owner.

Overall, the house known as 'Eurmarella' at 32 Ligar Street is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House