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House - 'Alvie', 39 Darlington Road, STAWELL

Location

39 Darlington Road STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

'Alvie', 39 Darlington Road, Stawell has significance as an intact example of a Victorian style. Built in c.1869 by Mr. Edmund Grant, Mining investor, the house appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street.

'Alvie', 39 Darlington Road, Stawell is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian style. These qualities include the gabled roof forms comprising the parallel gables, together with the large intersecting gable roof that projects at the front and side, hipped curved verandah. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the single storey height, horizontal timber weatherboard wall cladding, corrugated iron steel roof cladding, brick chimney with corbelled brick top, modest eaves, verandah columns with cast iron verandah frieze and brackets, timber framed double hung windows, and timber framed doorway. The garden setting and the fountain add to the significance of the place.

'Alvie', 39 Darlington Road, Stawell is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell in the 19th century. In particular, this house has associations with Mr. Edmund Craigie Grant, mine owner, who constructed it in the c.1869 and his son Brigadier-General William Grant who led the charge of the 4th Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba in World War I.

Overall, 'Alvie', 39 Darlington Road, Stawell is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House