FORMER HEALESVILLE COURT HOUSE
42 HARKER STREET HEALESVILLE, YARRA RANGES SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The former Healesville Court House was constructed between 1889 and 1890 by HN Hainer to a design by JT Kelleher in the Victorian Free Classical style. The former Court House is a timber building with hipped gable roof, trussed gables and a skillion front verandah.
The former Healesville Court House is significant for architectural and historical reasons.
The former Healesville Court House is architecturally significant as the most intact remaining example of a former group of five similar timber court houses constructed in the 1880s. The former Court House retains its original built-in furniture and demonstrates skilful design in its use of timber to achieve both picturesque qualities and a complex and ornamental porch verandah. The building is important as a work of the Public Works Department architect, JT Kelleher who in charge of the Eastern District during the 1880s and designed many notable post offices and court houses.
The former Healesville Court House is of historical importance for its association with Joseph Anderson Panton, the first magistrate of the Court House and a prominent Victorian citizen. Panton owned a small house in Healesville and Panton's Gap was named after him. Panton, a warden and magistrate, was responsible for mapping the Yarra Ranges and naming Donna Buang. Panton later became Chief Magistrate in Melbourne and actively maintained interests in the arts and viticulture.
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FORMER HEALESVILLE COURT HOUSE - Permit Exemptions
General Exemptions:General exemptions apply to all places and objects included in the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR). General exemptions have been designed to allow everyday activities, maintenance and changes to your property, which don’t harm its cultural heritage significance, to proceed without the need to obtain approvals under the Heritage Act 2017.Places of worship: In some circumstances, you can alter a place of worship to accommodate religious practices without a permit, but you must notify the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria before you start the works or activities at least 20 business days before the works or activities are to commence.Subdivision/consolidation: Permit exemptions exist for some subdivisions and consolidations. If the subdivision or consolidation is in accordance with a planning permit granted under Part 4 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and the application for the planning permit was referred to the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria as a determining referral authority, a permit is not required.Specific exemptions may also apply to your registered place or object. If applicable, these are listed below. Specific exemptions are tailored to the conservation and management needs of an individual registered place or object and set out works and activities that are exempt from the requirements of a permit. Specific exemptions prevail if they conflict with general exemptions. Find out more about heritage permit exemptions here.FORMER HEALESVILLE COURT HOUSE - Permit Exemption Policy
PERMIT EXEMPTIONS TO INCLUDE:
INTERIOR DECORATIVE SCHEMES
Interior painting/wallpapering to walls and ceilings, provided the preparation work for painting/papering does not remove evidence of the building's original paint or other decorative scheme or that the painting/papering is not over previously unpainted surfaces.
Removal of existing carpets/flexible floor coverings eg. vinyl.
Installation of carpets and flexible floor coverings.
Installation of curtain track, rod, blinds.
OTHER
Works to the rear added skillion.
Plumbing and lighting works, works to the fence.
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