House, 53B Ligar Street, STAWELL

Location

53B Ligar Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The house at 53B Ligar Street, Stawell, has significance as a moderately intact example of the Victorian style. Although the date of construction has not been ascertained, it appears to have been constructed during the second half of the 19th century.

The house at 53B Ligar Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of the Victorian style. These qualities include the hipped roof form, together with the hipped roof verandah that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the rear hipped roof form, rendered wall construction, galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, narrow eaves with timber brackets at the front, rendered chimneys, and the timber framed multi paned double hung windows.

The house at 53B Ligar Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell during the second half of the 19th century.

Overall, the house at 53B Ligar Street is of LOCAL significance.

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House