STATE SCHOOL NO. 947

Memorial Drive, GLENTHOMPSON VIC 3293 - Property No 0048&9

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23383 State School 947 Glenthompson 1080

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  • Physical Conditions

    STATE SCHOOL NO. 947 - Physical Conditions

    The physical condition of the school is very good. The original ceiling in the large classroom has been lowered, but remains intact above a false ceiling of acoustic tiles.

    Physical Description 1

    STATE SCHOOL NO. 947 - Physical Description 1

    The school consists of early 20th century rooms at the front, facing Memorial Drive, with modern additions at the rear and on the east side. The earliest part of the school was constructed in 1901, and consisted of one large room with a chimney on the west side and a porch and bell tower on the north side. A second classroom was added on the west side in the 1930s when, probably, the chimney breast was repositioned. The school is a single storey timber building now generally symmetrical about the porch. There are pairs of 12-paned double hung sash windows with hopper clerestories above on the facade. On the southern side there are four larger 12-paned double hung sash windows. On the east and west sides the windows are small hoppers at a high level. Minor differences betray the addition on the western room such as the lack of the high level roughcast frieze and eaves brackets.
    
    Internally, there are the usual schoolroom accoutrements of blackboards, built-in cupboards and modern furniture. The chimney breast survives in the original room and has the main Honour Board, a memorial to those who fought and died in the World Wars, on it. The interiors walls are lined with boards and the ceilings have been relined with acoustic tiles and flush fluorescent lights.
    
    The most distinctive feature of the building is the small porch (no longer used for access) with a belfry above. The porch is supported by open timber buttresses which pass through the interior, form the upper roof and support the belfry. The lower roof of the porch is low pitched, gabled and supported by open brackets at the eaves line. It has a conventional finial. The belfry is treated as a small open spire and the original bell exists in working order. The original corrugated iron roof has been replaced with Colorbond.
    
    New classrooms, to standard designs, and an office were added in 1957, 1962 and 1969. A rotunda in the schoolyard, with associated seating and landscaping has been constructed in the last 5 years. There is one large deciduous tree [Ulmus procera?] in the playground but no other substantial plantings.

    Historical Australian Themes

    STATE SCHOOL NO. 947 - Historical Australian Themes

    Theme 6 Educating
    6.2 Establishing schools
    6.5 Educating people in remote places

    Usage/Former Usage

    STATE SCHOOL NO. 947 - Usage/Former Usage

    Primary school

    Integrity

    STATE SCHOOL NO. 947 - Integrity

    High

    Physical Description 2

    STATE SCHOOL NO. 947 - Physical Description 2

    William Bell, teacher

    Physical Description 3

    STATE SCHOOL NO. 947 - Physical Description 3

    School Reserve

    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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