House - 'Hendy' - 39 Alma Street, ST ARNAUD

Location

39 Alma Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

File Number

SD/017

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The house at 39 Alma Street makes a significant contribution to the streetscape of single storey, Victorian and Edwardian styled houses visually connected to it. This house appears to have been constructed in the first decade of the 20th century, and is largely intact from the exterior.

The house at 39 Alma Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a Federation style. These qualities include the asymmetrical composition, the single storey height, the M-shaped hipped roof form that traverses the site, the flying gable that projects towards the street frontage, the rear minor flying gable that projects at the side, and the gently curved hipped verandah that projects towards the street frontage and returns around the faceted corner bay window and down one side. Other intact qualities include the galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, the horizontal weatherboard wall cladding, the unpainted brick chimneys with cement rendered and corbelled tops, the modest boxed eaves with paired turned timber brackets, the timber framed casement and double hung windows, the timber and glass front door with sidelight, and the decorative features (turned timber verandah columns, elaborate timber fretwork verandah brackets and valances, and the flying gable elements, notably the brackets, timber bargeboards and battening, and the stucco work). The timber picket fence also contributes to the significance of the place.

The house at 39 Alma Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the residential developments in St. Arnaud in the early 20th century. In particular, this house is associated with Lot 7 of Section J3 that was sold to F.H. Crook in 1889, and with the later subdivision of the land under LP 4147, in late 1899 or early 1900.

Overall, the house at 39 Alma Street is of LOCAL significance

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House