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House, 27-29 Seaby Street, STAWELL

Location

27-29 Seaby Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The house known as "Manor House", 27-29 Seaby Street, Stawell, has significance as a rare example of the postwar Modern style. Built in the late 1950s for Mr. and Mrs. Brown to a design by Edgar Mason, architect, the house is set on an elevated and well-landscaped site.

The house known as "Manor House" is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with substantial residential developments in Stawell in the late 1950s, and it demonstrates original design qualities of the postwar Modern style. These qualities include the stepped cuboid forms with flat roofs and broadly projecting eaves. Other intact qualities include the asymmetrical composition, two storey height, cream brick wall construction, interplay of rectilinear wall planes further accentuated by the projecting flat random stone wall, large rectangular openings with timber frames and awning sashes, and the smaller square timber framed windows arranged in a grid-like fashion or in a row. The surrounding landscaping also contributes to the significance of the place.

Overall, the house known as "Manor House" is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House