CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH PARSONAGE (FORMER)
505 MAIR STREET, BALLARAT CENTRAL, BALLARAT CITY
Sturt Street Precinct
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Statement of Significance
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH PARSONAGE (FORMER) - Physical Description 1
This bui1ding was constructed in 1862 at a cost of £1480. The architect was C.D.Figgis.
The building is predominantly Gothic in detailing - windows, gables and side en .There has apparently been some later work -"the art nouveau verandah balustrade and Queen Anne chimneys. The building is externally intact, other than the external stairs. It is important as an early example of Figgis' work in a domestic Gothic vein, and also as it forms part of a complex with the important Congregational Church and church hall. The iron balustrading is of particular interest.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH PARSONAGE (FORMER) - Intactness
INTACTNESS:
Substantially intact
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH PARSONAGE (FORMER) - Physical Description 2
This building was being C.D.Figgis constructed in 1862 at a cost of 1480, the architect (Fiqgis and Caselli were responsible for the adjacent church almost twenty years later.) It is curious that in the same year J.A.Doane is responsible for a school hall/chapel on the same site.
The building is predominantly Gothic in detailing with pointed arched windows - the main gable with a loopy barge board and finial now truncated. The gabled parapet is continued in an elegant bell cast sweep to enclose the verandah.
A very interesting Gothic side door has been partially obscured by the later external stair. Non-Gothic elements are the bay window which has a dentillated cornice. The windows above are surmounted by a corbelled triangular window canopy with an. elaborate gable treatment. The apparently later banded chimneys are of a Quee~ Anne character. The balcony .has a cast iron balustrade..of unusual design with decorative iron terminations to the turned timber balustrade standards. The balustrade . is also presumably later, (possibly coinciding with the chimneys) and is a very good example of art nouveau work comprising two broad panels of a Viollet-le-Duc character.
This building is externally intact, other than the later stair. It is important as an early example of Figgis' work in a domestic Gothic vein, and also as it forms of a complex with the important Congregational Church, described separately, and church hall. The iron balustrading is of particular interest.
Heritage Study and Grading
Ballarat - Ballarat Conservation Study
Author: Jacobs Lewis Vines Architects
Year: 1978
Grading:
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BALLARAT TRADES HALLVictorian Heritage Register H0657
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PRIMARY SCHOOL NO.33Victorian Heritage Register H1714
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"1890"Yarra City
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"AMF Officers" ShedMoorabool Shire
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"AQUA PROFONDA" SIGN, FITZROY POOLVictorian Heritage Register H1687
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'CARINYA' LADSONS STOREVictorian Heritage Register H0568
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1 Alexander StreetYarra City
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1 Botherambo StreetYarra City
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