ST KILDA PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL

Other Name

PRIMARY SCHOOL NO.2460

Location

70 FITZROY STREET ST KILDA, PORT PHILLIP CITY

File Number

PL-HE/03/0889

Level

Registered

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
St Kilda Park Primary School, including the 1882 Gothic building designed by H. R. Bastow.
How is it significant?
The St Kilda Park Primary School is of architectural significance to the State of Victoria. It satisfies the following criterion for inclusion in the Victorian Heritage Register: 
Criterion D
Importance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a class of cultural places and objects
Why is it significant?
The St Kilda Park Primary School is architecturally significant as a fine intact example of a large urban primary school designed in the Gothic style. Asymmetrically composed on a corner site, it contains an unusual two storey splayed corner element which provides a visual transition between the two facades. Steep slate gable roofs, tall chimneys and a prominent tower provide a picturesque skyline and pointed and trefoil arches with render label mouldings give a Gothic character. The building has polychromatic contrasts in black, cream and red brick, set on a bluestone base.  [Criterion D]

Group

Education

Category

School - State (public)