Stawell Median PriceThe House price is 13% lower than last year.
Surrounding suburbsStawell Median RentThe House rent is 3% lower than last year.
| | Map | Street view | Nearby property price | | Planning History: | | | Registered as Victorian heritage | Last updated on - July 15, 2004
The house at 38 Main Street, Stawell, has significance as an intact example of the interwar Old English style. Built in c.1937, the house has a plaque to George McNeill, a winner of the Stawell Gift. The house is in good condition when viewed from the street.
The house at 38 Main Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of the interwar Old English style. These qualities include the picturesque arrangement of steeply pitched roof forms, particularly the gable that traverses the site, and the minor gable that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the tiled roof cladding, face brick wall construction, elongated face brick chimneys, horizontally proportioned timber framed fixed and double hung windows (including the corner windows), broad eaves with exposed timber rafters, round arched porch opening in the minor gable end, pointed arched window in the minor gable end, and the decorative tapestry brickwork in the minor gable end. The front brick fence and garden also contribute to the significance of the place.
The house at 38 Main Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell during the interwar (c.1920s-1940s) period. The house also appears to have associations with Gorge McNeill, winner of the Stawell Gift.
Overall, the house at 38 Main Street is of LOCAL significance. |
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