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House, 34 Church Street, STAWELL

Location

34 Church Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The house at 34 Church Street, Stawell, has significance as a moderately intact example of an interwar Bungalow style. Although no historical details have been ascertained, the interwar Bungalow design suggests that the house was built between the 1920s and the 1940s. The house has experienced some alterations at the front (particular the verandahs) and appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street.

The house at 34 Church Street is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL. level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell during the interwar period (1920s-1940s). It demonstrates some original design qualities of an interwar Bungalow style. These qualities include the gable roof form that traverses the site, together with the central verandah gable that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the symmetrical composition, single storey height, horizontal timber weatherboard wall cladding, lapped galvanised corrugated steel roof cladding, red brick chimney with a soldier course capping, wide eaves with exposed timber rafters, and the central door opening with flanking timber framed double hung windows arranged in banks of three.

Overall, the house at 34 Church Street is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House