GOOD SAMARITAN CATHOLIC CONVENT
4 GUYS ROAD, KORUMBURRA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
St. Joseph’s Catholic Complex
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Statement of Significance
Aesthetically, it is a locally rare and substantially intact example of Federation bungalow design applied to a school building, and is an integral part of the Korumburra Catholic Church complex. (AHC criterion - E.1)
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GOOD SAMARITAN CATHOLIC CONVENT - Physical Description 1
The Good Samaritan Convent at 4 Guys Road, Korumburra, built in 1914, is a small, simple Federation domestic scale convent with red brick walls with an upper section frieze, an iron hip roof and a projecting gable distinguished by a blind Gothic bow window with an inset rendered cross below 'The Good Samaritan Convent' in rendered letters. To one side of the projecting gable is a low-pitched verandah supported by brick piers. The windows are timber frame sash and the doors have arched windows above three panels. The main entry has sidelights and highlights and the door to the left has a toplight only.
The Conventforms part of the Catholic Church complex, and is related to the adjacent Presbytery and Convent School.
Heritage Study and Grading
South Gippsland - South Gippsland Heritage Study
Author: David Helms with Trevor Westmore
Year: 2004
Grading: Local
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