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House, 37 Skene Street, STAWELL
Location37 Skene Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE LevelRecommended for Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
The house at 37 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 an interwar Bungalow style. Built between the 1920s and 1940s, the house appears in good condition when viewed from the street. The house at 37 Skene Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of an interwar Californian Bungalow style. These qualities include the gable roof form that traverses the site, together with the verandah gable that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, rendered brick wall construction, wide eaves, rendered brick chimney, paired stylised concrete Doric verandah columns on rendered brick piers with projecting concrete cappings, solid rendered brick verandah balustrade, timber framed double hung windows arranged in banks of three with diamond glazing bars in the upper sashes, double timber framed door opening with two timber and glazed doors, and the timber shingling in the verandah gable end. The rear gabled garage also contributes to the significance of the place. The house at 37 Skene Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell during the interwar (c.1920s-1940s) period. In particular, this house may have associations with John Williamson, local jeweller and possible original owner. Overall, the house at 37 Skene Street is of LOCAL significance.
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
House