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Former Police Residence and Lock Up, 36 Bunbury Street, GLENORCHY

Location

36 Bunbury Street GLENORCHY, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The former police residence and lock up, together with the garage and wash house outbuildings, 36 Bunbury Street, Glenorchy, have significance as a predominantly intact grouping of 19th and early 20th century buildings constructed by the Public Works Department for the Police Department. The site and buildings are a legacy of the early development of the town and the need for police law enforcement. The Lock Up possibly dates from 1859, while the police residence and associated outbuildings were built in 1908-09 to a design by the Public Works Department Architect, S.C. Brittingham.

The former police residence at Glenorchy is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of an Edwardian style. These qualities include the complex hipped roof forms, and the front and side verandahs formed under the main central hipped roof. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetrical composition, single storey height, three face red brick chimneys with multi-corbelled tops, broad eaves, unpainted galvanised corrugated iron roof cladding, stuccoed and horizontal timber weatherboard wall cladding, and the timber framed double hung windows (including the rectangular, tripartite bay window at the front with the window hood supported by timber brackets). The rear gabled galvanised corrugated iron garage and timber weatherboard wash house also contribute to the architectural significance of the place.

The former lock up at Glenorchy is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian vernacular style. These qualities include the simple gable roof form clad in galvanised corrugated iron, horizontal timber wall cladding, central timber door, small horizontal window punctuated by iron security bars, and the timber ventilators in the gable ends.

The former police residence and lock up at Glenorchy are historically significant at a LOCAL level. The site is associated with the establishment of a police administration in Glenorchy from 1859 when police buildings were constructed (possibly including the former Lock Up) by the Public Works Department. The former police residence represents the second police quarters on the site, and was constructed in 1908-09 by J. Dixon to a design by the Public Works Architect, S.C. Brittingham.

Overall, the former police residence and Lock Up at Glenorchy are of LOCAL significance.

Group

Law Enforcement

Category

Gaol/Lock-up