KORUMBURRA POST & TELEGRAPH OFFICE (FORMER)
24-26 BRIDGE STREET, KORUMBURRA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
Korumburra Civic and Commercial
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Statement of Significance
- The finial capping the corner cone.
- Chimneys with roughcast bands and terra cotta pots.
- The heavily bracketed flying gable ends with roughcast and louvre vented panels.
- The roughcast band around the corner octagon.
- The tiled window hood with decorative brackets over the office windows.
- The stained glass decoration to the windows of the public section.
- The elaborate verandah to the residence with paired turned posts and arched ladder frame frieze.
- The original weatherboard outbuilding.
Aesthetically, it is a fine example of Federation design by a government department, featuring a full range of inventive decorative elements and forms, with a distinctive address of the slightly acute street corner. Its extravagant style makes it one of the most notable buildings in the Shire, which demonstrates the importance of Korumburra during the Federation period. It is complemented by the intact original outbuilding. (AHC criterion - E.1)
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KORUMBURRA POST & TELEGRAPH OFFICE (FORMER) - Physical Description 1
The former Korumburra Post & Telegraph Office is a single storey brick building with unglazed terra cotta tile roofs in Federation Queen Anne style. It is characterised by the complexity of its roof forms and detail. The roof is basically of two major gables intersecting at the corner where the junction is emphasised by an octagonal cone with broken roof pitches. At the Bridge Street side, the residence is identified by two projecting gables and a contiguous verandah. On the Mine Road side, a porch and one projecting gable define the staff and operational section. The public section is accessed by a projecting gable porch diagonally placed on the octagonal corner element. Other notable elements include:
- The finial capping the corner cone.
- Chimneys with roughcast bands and terra cotta pots.
- The heavily bracketed flying gable ends with roughcast and louvre vented panels.
- The roughcast band around the corner octagon.
- The tiled window hood with decorative brackets over the office windows.
- The stained glass decoration to the windows of the public section.
- The elaborate verandah to the residence with paired turned posts and arched ladder frame frieze.
- The original weatherboard outbuilding.
Heritage Study and Grading
South Gippsland - South Gippsland Heritage Study
Author: David Helms with Trevor Westmore
Year: 2004
Grading:
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KORUMBURRA RAILWAY STATION COMPLEXVictorian Heritage Register H1571
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