POLICEMAN'S HOUSE (FORMER)

Coleraine Road NAREEN, Southern Grampians Shire

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Southern Grampians Shire

23158 Police House Nareen 0050

Statement of Significance

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  • Physical Conditions

    POLICEMAN'S HOUSE (FORMER) - Physical Conditions

    The building is in fair condition and retains a high degree of integrity. For the most part, the walls are structurally sound and the roof is watertight.

    Physical Description 1

    POLICEMAN'S HOUSE (FORMER) - Physical Description 1

    The building is a single storey symmetrical stone house with a verandah at the front and a stone skillion at the rear. The walls are coursed random rubble and are limewashed or painted. There are four rooms with two stone and brick chimneys at the northern end, the one in the rear room being used for cooking. The gabled roof is corrugated iron with weatherboards filling the gables, suggesting that an earlier hipped roof may have been replaced. There is a mid-twentieth century skylight in the kitchen roof. The verandah posts are timber. The windows are small six-paned casements and the ledge and brace front door is half-glazed. There is a corrugated iron porch with a timber floor at the rear of the kitchen. The whole suggests a relatively primitive form of construction.
    
    There is no surviving front garden and there are only three substantial trees associated with the dwelling, a plum tree [Prunus species] in the rear yard and peppercorns [Schinus molle] on the northern side. The front fence and gate are a simple picket design.

    Historical Australian Themes

    POLICEMAN'S HOUSE (FORMER) - Historical Australian Themes

    Theme 3: Developing local, regional and national economies
    3.19 Marketing and retailing
    
    Theme 7
    7.6 Administering Australia
    7.6.3 Policing Australia

    Usage/Former Usage

    POLICEMAN'S HOUSE (FORMER) - Usage/Former Usage

    vacant

    Integrity

    POLICEMAN'S HOUSE (FORMER) - Integrity

    High degree of integrity.

    Physical Description 2

    POLICEMAN'S HOUSE (FORMER) - Physical Description 2

    Mary Willis, first land owner
    Mounted Constable John Baird no. 1689, from 17.3.1875
    John Balchin no. 2682 from 15.6.1878
    Albert Mastin no. 2370 from 4.4.1879
    R H Bennett no. 2823 from 6.3.1880

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Southern Grampians - Southern Grampians Shire Heritage Study

    Author: Timothy Hubbard P/L, Annabel Neylon
    Year: 2002
    Grading:

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