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House, 15 Skene Street, STAWELL
Location15 Skene Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE LevelRecommended for Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
The house at 15 Skene Street, Stawell, makes a significant architectural and visual contribution to the predominantly late 19th and early 20th century residential area. This house also has significance as an intact example of the interwar Bungalow style. Built in the c.1920s for Ernest and Edith Bodey, the house appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street. The house at 15 Skene Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of an interwar Bungalow style. These qualities include the gable roof form that traverses the site, together with the steeply pitched gable entrance porch that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, face brick wall construction, terra cotta tile roof cladding, flat roof verandah that projects at the front, side skillion wing, wide eaves, face brick elongated chimney with a terra cotta pot, timber framed multi-paned double hung windows, square timber porch posts and face brick balustrades with rendered concrete cappings, and the decorative porch gable infill (battening and panelling). The front garden also contributes to the significance of the place, particularly the concrete pedestrian path and grassed areas. The house at 15 Skene Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell during the interwar period (c.1920s - 1940s). In particular, this house appears to have associations with Ernest and Edith Bodey, possible original owners who instigated construction in the 1920s. Overall, the house at 15 Skene Street is of LOCAL significance.
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
House