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House, 64 Patrick Street, STAWELL

Location

64 Patrick Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The house at 64 Patrick Street, Stawell, has significance as a predominantly intact example of an interwar Californian Bungalow style. Although no historical details have been ascertained, the interwar Californian Bungalow design suggests that the house was built between the 1920s-1940s. The house appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street. The land also contains a large, mature, well formed Lemon Scented Gum tree (Corymbia Citriodora) on the side street boundary.

The house at 64 Patrick Street is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell during the interwar period (1920s-1940s). It also demonstrates original design qualities of an interwar Californian Bungalow style. These qualities include the broad gable roof form, together with the minor gable that projects at the front. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, horizontal timber weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated steel roof cladding, face brick (now painted) chimneys, broad eaves with exposed timber rafters, timber framed double hung windows (arranged singularly and in banks), timber framed doorway with sidelight, and the decorative gable infill (timber shingling).

Overall, the house at 64 Patrick Street is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House