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Axedale Hall
94 High Street, AXEDALE VIC 3551 - Property No 196730

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Hall, 94 High Street. Axedale
Hall, 94 High Street. Axedale
Hall, 94 High Street. Axedale
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Statement of Significance

What is significant?

The Axedale Assembly Hall site, including all the fabric of the 1945 brick building, is significant.

How is it significant?

The Axedale Assembly Hall is of local historic and social significance to the City of Greater Bendigo.

Why is it significant?

The site of the Axedale Assembly Hall is of historical significance for its association with the Drake family whose business interests in Axedale included the Campaspe Hotel (now the Axedale Tavern). Criterion A

It is of social significance to the Axedale community as a building with ongoing community use for over sixty years. Criterion G

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    • Physical Description 1

      Axedale Hall - Physical Description 1

      The Axedale public hall is a conservatively styled red brick building of eight bays in length. There are expressed piers and a continuous concrete lintel in the form of a ring beam at the top of the walls and the across the window heads. A smaller concrete string course also encircles the building at mid wall height. The windows have horizontal transoms. There is a porch with chevron shaped window and concrete steps. A small flat roofed extension has been added to the side of the porch. There are toilets at the rear of the property that are contemporary with the hall itself.

      Physical Conditions

      Axedale Hall - Physical Conditions

      Good

      Integrity

      Axedale Hall - Integrity

      High

      Historical Australian Themes

      Axedale Hall - Historical Australian Themes

      8. Building community

      8.3 Providing health and welfare services.

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Greater Bendigo - Former Shires of McIvor and Strathfieldsaye Heritage Study

      Author: Context P/L
      Year: 2008
      Grading: Local

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