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WYCHEPROOF COURT HOUSE

Other Name

WYCHEPROOF COURTHOUSE

Location

38 HIGH STREET WYCHEPROOF, BULOKE SHIRE

File Number

FOL/15/48333

Level

Registered

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?

The Wycheproof Court House, constructed in 1889 and designed by architect Samuel Edward Bindley of the Public Works Department (PWD) in a classical revival style, and eight items of original court furniture being:

Judges bench
Clerk of court desk
Witness stand
Prisoners dock
Lawyers table
Table with drawers #1 (originally in northeast room)
Table with drawers #2 (originally in southeast room)
Public seating bench

How is it significant?

The Wycheproof Court House 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 Wycheproof Court House is architecturally significant as a notable court house constructed by the Public Works Department (PWD) to a design common to six court houses in northwest Victoria. Of these, the Wycheproof Court House is a fine and highly intact example, retaining many of its original features, such as the external holding cell, exposed timber trusses and high ceiling. Much of the original court furniture survives, including the judge’s bench, lawyers table and the hexagonal witness stand. [Criterion D]

Group

Law Enforcement