Toyworld
128 Thompson Street HAMILTON, Southern Grampians Shire
Gray St Commercial Precinct Hamilton
Statement of Significance
SIGNIFICANCE: »One of the more intact shops in what was originally the heart of the business street of Hamilton. Important with its two storey fraternal twin as part of the streetscape.
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
Toyworld
128 Thompson Street
Built on land orininally sold by the Crown in 1851 to T Finn and therefore amongst the first ever sold in Hamilton, this shop is of local historic and architectural significance. It appears to have been built in the early 1870s. ([i]) The building's style is conservatively classical with the facade austerely detailed. The building is a fraternal twin with its two storey next door neighbour and is reputed to have been built with the material salvaged from the original Christ Church, formerly called St Botolph's. ([ii]) To support this the Hamilton Sewerage Authority Drainage Plan which is shared by the two distinguishes between the stone construction of No 128 and the brick construction of No 124 Thompson Street. ([iii]) The shop front is original with its timber stall boards and framing. The front door and the verandah have been replaced. Otherwise the building is substantially intact and remains in good condition. It plays a key role in the streetscape as one of the most intact commercial buildings in Thompson Street.
[i] There is a Department of Planning and Housing File for the site which nominates it as such but no corroborating evidence has been found.
[ii] Garden, D, Hamilton, p 82.
[iii] HSA DP No 49.
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