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House - former School Residence, 79-81 Main Street, GREAT WESTERN
Location79-81 Main Street GREAT WESTERN, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE LevelRecommended for Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
The former school residence, 79-81 Main Street, Great Western, contributes to the significant, single storey, pitched roof central township area. The building also has significance as a reasonably externally intact example of a rudimentary Federation Bungalow style. The design qualities of this house suggest that it was constructed between the 1890s and c.1904, when it was occupied by Head Teacher, Mr. Kneen, for a short period. The former school residence is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a rudimentary Federation Bungalow style. These qualities include the broad hipped roof form, together with the minor gable and broken back verandah that project towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, two stucco brick chimneys with projecting bands and cornices, modest eaves with exposed timber rafters, timber framed double hung twelve paned windows, square timber verandah columns, timber gable brackets and the gable infill (stucco panelling and battening). The former school residence is historically and socially significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the Great Western State School from the c.1890s as the residence of the head teacher. Although no longer serving as a school house, the building is still recognised by sections of the Great Western community for its former function. Overall, the former school residence at 79-81 Main Street, Great Western, is of LOCAL significance.
Group
Education
Category
Staff housing