House, 15 Johnson Street, STAWELL

The house at 15 Johnson Street, Stawell, has significance as an example of the interwar Modern style. Built in 1949 for Jack Krause of Krause and Taylor Brickworks, the house appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street.

The house at 15 Johnson Street is historically and architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell in the 1940s, and in particular it has associations with Jack Krause, original owner and partner in Krause and Taylor Brickworks. The house also demonstrates original design qualities of an interwar Modern style. These qualities include the large hipped roof form, together with the minor hipped roof and curved flat-roofed porch that project towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, cream brick wall construction and the chocolate brick wall base and window sills, elongated cream brick chimney, wide eaves, curved solid porch balustrade, horizontal banks of timber framed double hung windows (with central fixed lights) and the front doorway. The rear cream brick outbuilding with a hipped terra cotta tiled roof also contributes to the significance of the place.

Overall, the house at 15 Johnson Street is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House