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 - August 27, 2004
The house known as "Overton" at 66 Seaby Street, Stawell, has significance as a reasonably intact example of an eclectic Late Victorian and Federation style. Built in 1907 for Mr. and Mrs. William Munt formerly of "Overton" at Banyena, the house appears to be in good condition when viewed from the street, although it has experienced some alterations.
The house known as "Overton" at 66 Seaby Street is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. Although slightly altered, it demonstrates original design qualities of an eclectic Late Victorian and Federation style. These qualities include the hipped roof form that traverses the site, together with the minor gable and bullnosed verandah that project towards the street frontage. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, stuccoed brick wall construction, corrugated profile to the roof cladding, narrow eaves, projecting rectangular bays with banks of timber framed casement windows, front window hood over the projecting bay, timber framed double hung windows, timber framed doorway with a timber and glazed door and sidelight and highlights, and the elegant timber gable barge boards. The front timber picket fence also contributes to the significance of the place.
The house known as "Overton" at 66 Seaby Street is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with residential developments in Stawell during the Federation (c.1895-1915) period. In particular, this house has associations with Mr. and Mrs. William Munt, formerly of "Overton" at Banyena, who instigated construction in 1907 and lived there for several years.
Overall, the house known as "Overton" at 66 Seaby Street is of LOCAL significance. |
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