TEMPERANCE HALL (FORMER)
58 Whyte Street COLERAINE, Southern Grampians Shire
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Statement of Significance
The former Temperance Hall at 58 Whyte Street is a five roomed timber framed building clad with ripple iron laid horizontally. It is located on the north side of Whyte Street, in the municipal precinct between Winter and Read Streets. The building has a gabled roof clad in corrugated iron with five roof vents, a simple timber pediment and finial. The windows are double hung timber framed with twelve panes of glass. There is a second meeting room on west side of the main hall, also clad in ripple iron. A later addition at the back of the main hall in fibro sheeting contains a kitchen, store room and toilets. The use of ripple iron as a cladding material for buildings in Coleraine was a common practice. The ripple iron hall forms part of a character-defining element that is unique to the Coleraine townscape. The hall was built in 1890s at a time when the Temperance movement in Victoria was well established. No architect or builder has yet been associated with the building. The choice of style and form for the building draws on important associations and demonstrates particular values for the Temperance Movement. The hall has also been used as the meeting place for the Coleraine Branch of the Australian Natives Association in the 1930s, and in later years, the Coleraine Youth Club, the Scout group, and the local arts group. The building was extended in the mid twentieth century to provide better facilities. It retains a very high degree of integrity and is in good condition.
How is it significant?
The former Temperance Hall at 58 Whyte Street Coleraine is of social and historical significance to the township of Coleraine and the Southern Grampians Shire.
Why is it significant?
The former Temperance Hall is of social significance for its associations with one of the most powerful social movements in Victoria in the nineteenth century, the Temperance Movement. It is of further social importance for its continuity of use over 100 years as a meeting place for a variety of local societies, clubs and associations. The former Temperance Hall is of historical significance as a reminder of a previous social movement, and for its laster association with an important phase of development, The Australian Natives Association. The former Temperance Hall is also historically important as a contributory community building in the municipal precinct of Whyte Street between Winter and Young Street. All of these buildings provide a sense of the important role that Coleraine played in the former Shire of Wannon.
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TEMPERANCE HALL (FORMER) - Physical Conditions
Structurally the former Temperance Hall appears to be sound, but with minor subsidence of the floor in some spots. The external paintwork on the ripple iron cladding, and the internal paintwork are peeling, and the roofing iron shows rust.
TEMPERANCE HALL (FORMER) - Physical Description 1
The former Temperance Hall at 58 Whyte Street is a five roomed timber framed building clad with ripple iron laid horizontally. A gabled roof clad in corrugated iron carries five roof vents. The facade of the main hall is symmetrically composed of two windows and a central door, with a simple timber pediment and finial. The windows are double hung timber framed with twelve panes of glass. A second meeting room has been added on the west side of the main hall, also clad in ripple iron. A later addition at the back of the main hall in fibro sheeting contains a kitchen, store room and toilets. Inside, the walls and ceiling are plaster with timber straps. The toilet and store room are unlined.
TEMPERANCE HALL (FORMER) - Usage/Former Usage
Meeting hall
Youth Club
Scout Hall
Arts group venueTEMPERANCE HALL (FORMER) - Integrity
high degree of integrity
TEMPERANCE HALL (FORMER) - Physical Description 3
Reserved from Sale - Temperance Hall
Heritage Study and Grading
Southern Grampians - Southern Grampians Shire Heritage Study
Author: Timothy Hubbard P/L, Annabel Neylon
Year: 2002
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HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH COMPLEXVictorian Heritage Register H0246
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MECHANICS INSTITUTESouthern Grampians Shire
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COLERAINE COURTHOUSE (FORMER)Southern Grampians Shire
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"1890"Yarra City
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'BRAESIDE'Boroondara City
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'ELAINE'Boroondara City
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