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House, 31 Skene Street, STAWELL
Location31 Skene Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE LevelRecommended for Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
The house at 31 Skene Street, Stawell, makes a significant architectural and visual contribution to the predominantly late 19th and early 20th century residential area. This house has significance as an intact example of a transitional Late Victorian/Edwardian style. Although the original construction date has not been ascertained, the design of the building suggests that it was constructed in the late 19th or early 20th century. At an early date, it was occupied by the Phillips family until the late 1930s or 1940s. The house appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street. The house at 31 Skene Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a transitional Late Victorian/Edwardian style. These qualities include the hipped roof form that traverses the site, together with the hipped roof and bullnosed verandah that project towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, galvanised corrugated steel roof cladding, horizontal timber weatherboard wall cladding, brick chimney with a multi-corbelled top, narrow eaves with paired timber brackets, panelling and paterae, timber framed double hung windows, front timber framed doorway with sidelights, timber verandah posts and the decorative cast iron verandah valance. The house at 31 Skene Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This house also appears to be associated with the Phillips family, who occupied the property from at least the 1920s until the late 1930s or 1940s. Overall, the house at 31 Skene Street is of LOCAL significance.
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
House