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The house at 5 Wimmera Street, Stawell, has significance for its associations with the development of the Stawell Detachment between 1889 and 1914, and for its architectural qualities associated with the original Orderly Room of 1889 and the later additions and alterations in 1917 with its conversion into a private residence. The house appears to be in fair-good condition when viewed from the street.
The house at 5 Wimmera Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original and early design qualities associated with the Late Victorian styled Orderly Room and the Federation styled additions and alterations. These qualities include the recessive late 19th century gabled roof form that traverses the site, together with the early 20th century gambrel roof form that projects towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, horizontal timber weatherboard wall cladding, lapped galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, face brick chimneys, narrow eaves, 19th century porch gable that projects at the side of the rear gable roof, return verandah under the gambrel roof overhang supported by timber columns and the decorative large, curved timber fretwork Federation styled valances, projecting rectangular window bay at the front with its bank of timber framed casement windows and window hood, timber framed doorway near the front, rear verandah porch with timber fretwork, and the timber framed windows. Although introduced, the front timber picket fence also contributes to the significance of the place.
The house at 5 Wimmera Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. The building is associated with the development of the Stawell Detachment (A Company) of the Victorian Rangers in 1889. This Citizen Military Force occupied the building that was then an Orderly Room until c.1914, during which time there were various parades and activities, including social occasions. The Orderly Room also served as a skating rink in 1913-14. The building also has associations with Mr. Gustave Hasse, who took up ownership of the property in 1917 and altered and added to the Orderly Room, converting it into a private residence.
Overall, the house at 5 Wimmera Street is of LOCAL significance. |
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