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House, 38 Bowen Street, ST ARNAUD
Location38 Bowen Street ST ARNAUD, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE LevelRecommended for Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
The house at 38 Bowen Street makes a significant contribution to the predominantly single storey, Victorian and Edwardian styled streetscape in this section of the street. Substantially intact from the exterior, this house appears to have been constructed soon after 1900 for Ann Wheeler as a rental property, along with the generally identical house at 36 Bowen Street with which it forms a semi-detached pair. The house at 38 Bowen Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a transitional Late Victorian and Edwardian style. These qualities include the asymmetrical composition, the single storey height, the recessed hipped roof form that traverses the site, and the minor gable and bullnosed verandah that project towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the grey painted galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, the unpainted brick wall construction, the modest boxed eaves to the front with decorative relief panels, the lined eaves to the side, the two unpainted brick chimneys with decorative cement rendered tops and terra cotta pots, the timber framed casement windows with highlights, the timber framed double hung windows, the front timber door with side and high lights and the decorative features (turned timber verandah columns, cast iron verandah brackets and valances), the floor level brick stringcourse, and the gable elements, notably the timber brackets, the timber bargeboards and gable screen and stucco work. The house at 38 Bowen Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in St. Arnaud in the late 19th century. In particular, the house is associated with Ann Wheeler, its earliest owner, who had purchased a number of allotments of land in this stretch of Bowen Street c.1900 and built a number of houses as rental properties, including the semi-detached pair at 36 and 38 Bowen Street. Overall, the house at 38 Bowen Street is of LOCAL significance.
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
House