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FLEMINGTON POST OFFICE
2A Wellington Street, FLEMINGTON VIC 3031 - Property No 186389

Wellington Street

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From the Post and Telegraph Department of Victoria, 'Views of Post Offices'(SLV)

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Statement of Significance

Architecturally, a skillful design which uses eclectic detail, massing siting and form to create a highly successful building which is enhanced by its surrounding streetscape and topography: of state, national importance. Historically, the first of a series of major public buildings sited in the post-gold growth centre of Flemington: of local importance.

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- FLEMINGTON POST OFFICE - Victorian Heritage Register
- Physical Description 1
  
  FLEMINGTON POST OFFICE - Physical Description 1
  
  Taking full advantage of the corner site, the massing of the building is stepped in a picturesque manner back from a spired pentagonal corner tower. Medieval forms and detail abound, with the brick construction, deep corbel table which encircles the eaves line as if for fortress machicolations and the spire and towered form itself resembling some large French house of the 15th century (see Hotel Jacques Coeur, Bourges) or a Medieval church. The tall Mansard roof once with a window's walk is another, if later, French reference. Trefoil windows at selected locations around the building were once reflected in a fanciful porch at the north-west corner of the building.
  
  Integrity
  
  FLEMINGTON POST OFFICE - Integrity
  
  The stucco has been painted; the widow's walk has gone; and the porch altered.
  
  Physical Description 2
  
  FLEMINGTON POST OFFICE - Physical Description 2
  
  Streetscape
  
  Visible from Racecourse Road, central to the frame created by the commercial development adjoining Wellington Street; relates closely to the Court house and police station on the next oblique corner north; and is the centrepiece of two notable streetscapes, Wellington and Shields Streets.
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Moonee Valley - Flemington and Kensington Conservation Study
  
  Author: City of Melbourne
  Year: 1985
  Grading:
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- TERRACE
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H0081
- FORMER FLEMINGTON COURT HOUSE
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H1470
- NATHAN'S TERRACE
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H1205
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