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House (Former 'Merthyr'), 4 Lillian Street, STAWELL

Other Name

'Merthyr'

Location

4 Lillian Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Demolished/Removed

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SL 150 - House (Former

Statement of Significance

The house at 4 Lillian Street, Stawell, has significance as an intact example of the Victorian style, and for its associations with the Thomas family, particularly Miss Elizabeth Thomas, teacher of the State School for approximately 50 years, her father William, who conducted singing lessons at this house in the late 19th century, and Miss Tamar Thomas who taught piano and organ at this address. Built in the 1870s, the house appears to be in poor condition when viewed from the street.

The house at 4 Lillian Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of the Victorian style. These qualities include the triple gabled roof form that traverses the site, together with the hipped bullnosed verandah that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, horizontal timber weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, painted brick chimneys, timber framed double hung windows, narrow eaves, timber verandah columns, curving timber verandah fretwork and the window hoods supported by timber brackets.

The house at 4 Lillian Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell from the 1870s. In particular, this house has associations with the Thomas family from the late 19th century. Miss Elizabeth Thomas was well known to the local community as a teacher at the Stawell State School No. 502 for approximately 50 years, while her father, William conducted singing lessons at the house after 1885, and her sister, Tamar, held piano and organ lessons at this address in the late 19th or early 20th centuries.

Overall, the house at 4 Lillian Street is of LOCAL significance.

RECOMMENDED LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: LOCAL

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