House, Newall Street, MARNOO

Location

6 Newall Street MARNOO, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The house, 6 Newall Street, Marnoo, has significance as an example of a rudimentary Victorian styled dwelling. Built in the late 19th century, the house has a picturesque setting with open grassed areas, perimeter flower beds and a low hedge at the front.

The house, 6 Newall Street, Marnoo, is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a rudimentary Victorian style. These qualities include the gable roof form that traverses the site, together with the skillion verandah that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the symmetrical composition, single storey height, galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, horizontal timber weatherboard wall cladding, painted brick chimney with a soldier course capping, and the central timber framed doorway and flanking timber framed double hung windows. The front garden setting and the rear gabled timber shed also contribute to the significance of the place.

The house, 6 Newall Street, Marnoo, is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is one of the earliest houses in Marnoo and is associated with residential developments in Marnoo in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Overall, the house, 6 Newall Street, Marnoo, is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House