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Police Station (residence), 119 Main Street
119 Main Street BACCHUS MARSH, MOORABOOL SHIRE

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Police residence, 121 Main Street
Police residence, 121 Main Street
Police residence, 121 Main Street
Police residence, 121 Main Street
Police residence, 121 Main Street
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Statement of Significance

A polychromatic brick eclectic late Victorian police residence (probably) designed by the important architect S.E. Bindley, of the Public Works Department, built in 1890 and closed in 1930. A sandstone lock-up survives at the rear, built in 1858, possibly with materials used earlier at Maddingley.

It is of local historical significance for its association with the development of law and order in Bacchus Marsh and in demonstrating the imposition of government action on the community.

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    • Physical Conditions

      Police Station (residence), 119 Main Street - Physical Conditions

      Good. Rising damp, efflorescence and exfoliation affect brickwork, the lock-up is in poor condition. The site is now privately owned.

      Intactness

      Police Station (residence), 119 Main Street - Intactness

      Very good. Bricks have been pinted charcoal grey and the finial has been truncated. The chain-link fence is sympathetic.

      SIGNIFICAJ','T INTACT ELEMENTS:

      MATERIALS. FORM. FACADE. VERANDAH. ROOF FORM. PLAN/LAYOUT. USE.

      ROOFDECORATION. VERANDAH DECORATION.

      CHIMNEYS. WALLDECORATION. DOORS. WINDOWS.

      UNPAINTED FINISH. OUTBUILDINGS.

      Physical Description 1

      Police Station (residence), 119 Main Street - Physical Description 1

      A double-fronted polychromatic brick house, characteristic of residences for government officials, designed by the Public Works Department of Victoria in the late nineteenth century, but with the details inimitable to the important architect S.E. Bindley. It has a hip roof in slate with the right-hand bay set forward as a gable. Over this the eaves project supported on exposed purlins with diamond roofile ends. There is a rail and finial infilled with a fretwork chrysanthemum motif Below is a pair of segmental head windows. In the angle and continuing on the left hand side and rear is a timber skillion verandah. It has decorative fretwork brackets in the form of one chrysanthemum petal. Brickwork is red body bricks with cream and black dyed dressings. There are boards at cill and window-head height and deeply moulded chimney tops. One the rear boundary is a rectangular gable roofed stone lock-up with a skillion verandah.

      Historical Australian Themes

      Police Station (residence), 119 Main Street - Historical Australian Themes

      Governing

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Moorabool - Bacchus Marsh Heritage Study 1995

      Author: Richard Peterson and Daniel Catrice
      Year: 1995
      Grading:

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