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House, 6 Luke Street, STAWELL

Location

6 Luke Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The house at 6 Luke Street, Stawell, has significance as a reasonably intact example of the Edwardian style. Built in the late 19th or early 20th century, this house appears to be in fair condition when viewed from the street.

The house at 6 Luke Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of the Edwardian style. These qualities include the recessed steeply pitched roof form, together with the minor gable and hipped verandah (following the pitch of the main roof) that project towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, horizontal timber weatherboard wall cladding, lapped galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding painted deep red, two unpainted brick chimneys with rendered bands and dentillated courses, modest eaves, timber framed double hung windows (including the tripartite windows under the verandah and front gable), and the timber framed doorway with sidelight and highlight.

The house at 6 Luke Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Overall, the house at 6 Luke Street is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House