HOUSE

Location

147 BARNARD STREET, BENDIGO - PROPERTY NUMBER 171713, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The house (brick cottage) built in 1875 built as a speculative property by Henry Wittern at 147 Barnard Street, Bendigo is significant.

How is it significant?
The house at 147 Barnard Street is of local historical, rarity and representative significance to the City of Greater Bendigo.

Why is it significant?
The house, first rated in 1875 for owner Henry Wittern, whose address is given in Pall Mall, appears to have been built as a speculative property and occupied by tenants, including miner Edward Parker in 1876. (Criterion A)

The house is a rare surviving example of a mid-Victorian house in an urban area of Bendigo where this type of house has become uncommon. (Criterion B)

The house at 147 Barnard Street is a good representative example of a mid-Victorian style house displaying a characteristic gable roof form with side parapet walls to the gable end. Significant features include its siting close to the street frontage, brick construction (unpainted to the side) and convex profile verandah of timber construction. A large extension to the rear does not impact on the house’s street presentation. (Criterion D)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

Cottage