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House, 2 Skene Street, STAWELL

Location

2 Skene Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The house at 2 Skene Street, Stawell, makes a significant architectural and visual contribution to the predominantly late 19th and early 20th century residential area. This house has significance as an intact example of a Late Federation style. Built in the early 1920s for William and Elsie Mitchell, the house appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street.

The house at 2 Skene Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a Late Federation style. These qualities include the complex roof forms with a central gambrel roof having a broken back return verandah (accentuating the diagonal) and gable roofs that project at the front and side. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the single storey height, unpainted and lapped galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, face brick wall construction, face brick chimneys with rendered tops, modest eaves, timber verandah posts and arched timber fretwork valances, bowed corner window, timber framed casement windows with transoms, timber framed front doorway, terra cotta ridge decoration and finials, timber gable infill and the window hood. The mature trees including the landmark palm trees and landscaped garden contribute to the significance of the place.

The house at 2 Skene Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell in the early 20th century. In particular, this house has associations with William and Elsie Mitchell, original owners, who appear to have instigated construction in the early 1920s.

Overall, the house at 2 Skene Street is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House