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House - 'Denton', 8 O'Callaghan Street, STAWELL

Location

8 O'Callaghan Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The house known as 'Denton' at 8 O'Callaghan Street, Stawell, has significance as an intact example of a Late Victorian style, and for its long time associations with the Mills family between c.1899 and 1995. Built in c.1899 for Samuel Mills, wholesale and retail fruiterer, the house appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street.

The house known as 'Denton' at 8 O'Callaghan Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a Late Victorian style. These qualities include the hipped roof form, together with the hipped concave verandah that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the single storey height, face brick wall construction galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, narrow eaves, face brick chimneys with multi-corbelled tops, stop chamfered timber verandah posts, decorative cast iron verandah brackets and valances, central timber framed front doorway and the timber framed double hung windows.

The house known as 'Denton' at 8 O'Callaghan Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell in the late 19th century. In particular, this house as long term associations with the Mills family, having been built in c.1899 for Samuel Mills, wholesale and retail fruiterer, and will subsequent members of the Mills family until 1995.

Overall, the house known as 'Denton' at 8 O'Callaghan Street is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House