FOSTER POST OFFICE (FORMER)
9 MAIN STREET, FOSTER, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The former Foster Post Office is a single storey weatherboard building with a hip and valley corrugated iron roof. It has a transverse half hip roof projection to the side and a projecting gable bay to the front. A skillion extends from the rear of the unequal gables and a side post verandah set behind the projecting half hip probably included the original residence. The front of the building has verandahs in front of and beside the projecting bay. Other notable elements include:
- Bracketed eaves with the brackets checked into the gutter board.
- Mitred verandah to the projecting bay. (with non-original posts and balustrade)
- Inset verandah to the front elevation with paired posts.
- Original verandah posts on the side verandah.
- Three part and paired double hung windows and substantial door frame to the front elevation.
- Bracketed and stepped gable and half gable ends with circular vents.
- Projecting box bay with eaves frieze to the half gable end.
The Post Office is a locally rare example of a well resolved transitional Victorian-Federation Government building with notable detailing not found on other public buildings in the Shire. (AHC criteria - B.2 and E.1)
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FOSTER POST OFFICE (FORMER) - Physical Description 1
The former Foster Post Office is a single storey weatherboard building with a hip and valley corrugated iron roof. It has a transverse half hip roof projection to the side and a projecting gable bay to the front. A skillion extends from the rear of the unequal gables and a side post verandah set behind the projecting half hip probably included the original residence. The front of the building has verandahs in front of and beside the projecting bay. Other notable elements include:
- Bracketed eaves with the brackets checked into the gutter board.
- Mitred verandah to the projecting bay. (with non-original posts and balustrade) - Inset verandah to the front elevation with paired posts.
- Original verandah posts on the side verandah.
- Three part and paired double hung windows and substantial door frame to the front elevation.
- Bracketed and stepped gable and half gable ends with circular vents.
- Projecting box bay with eaves frieze to the half gable end.
The fact that the building has been relocated is apparent in its siting distant from the street, its orientation, modifications to the detail and the lack of chimneys. The design once included elaborate barge boards to the projecting gable, which can be seen in an early photograph but have now been removed. A post office constructed at the same time at Walhalla retains similar decoration.
The building now forms part of the South Gippsland Historical Society complex, which includes a collection of historic buildings and objects from Foster and the surrounding districts. Among these is the former Agnes State School, which is described in a separate citation.Heritage Study and Grading
South Gippsland - South Gippsland Heritage Study
Author: David Helms with Trevor Westmore
Year: 2004
Grading:
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