NYORA RAILWAY STATION COMPLEX
MITCHELL STREET, NYORA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Railway Station complex, comprising the Station building constructed c.1915 and the associated goods shed, platform, and other extant associated infrastructure, at Nyora.
Why is it significant?
The Railway Station complex at Nyora is of local historic, aesthetic and social significance to South Gippsland Shire.
Historically, it is an important element of the South Eastern Railway as the major station complex in the northern part of the Shire and one of only three extant stations in the Shire. It demonstrates the importance of Nyora as a switching station near the junction of the South Eastern and Wonthaggi Railways. (AHC criteria - A.4 and D.2)
Aesthetically, it is a relatively intact example of the 'Gisborne' style of railway stations constructed in the early part of the twentieth century. (AHC criterion - E.1)
Socially, It played an important role in the opening up of access to the region in both commercial and social terms. (AHC criterion - G.1)
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NYORA RAILWAY STATION COMPLEX - Physical Description 1
The Nyora Railway Complex comprises a former four track carriageway with the principal station and other buildings located to the south and the goods shed to the north opposite the platform. The station building is single storey weatherboard building in simple Federation style with a corrugated iron roof, and is visible from the main street of Nyora across an open park.
The station building is a narrow hipped platform structure with a substantial projecting cross gable slightly off centre. The platform is approached by a through passage against the cross gable, separating the operational section of the building from the waiting room. The through way is marked on the facade with a gabled entry canopy slightly projecting beyond the cross gable and supported on paired posts with a segmental arched valance and a plain gable end. The cross gable has a cement sheet infill, a rectangular louvred vent in the peak and a triple bay set of double hung windows. Two single chimneys have wide caps with splayed tops and chimney pots. The toilets are contained in two small gabled sheds on the down side of the main station building. A set of signal levers remain beside the projecting glazed control box. The platform is of pre-cast concrete and there is a cantilevered steel platform verandah with mini-orb valance.
The good shed is a typical corrugated iron shed with wide projecting eaves overhanging the loading platforms.
A considerable distance on the upside of the station (to the west) is a steel water tower and a solitary signal.Heritage Study and Grading
South Gippsland - South Gippsland Heritage Study
Author: David Helms with Trevor Westmore
Year: 2004
Grading:
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