Chilwell State School

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The Chilwell State School, a Victorian Eclectic Style single storey brick school house enhanced with Waurn Ponds Limestone dressings and iron cresting and finials was built in 1878. this axially planned school with dominant fleche tower surroundings the central pavilion was designed by architects of the Public Works Department in a style characteristic of the period and typified by innovative and original details and ornamentation. The school has interesting associations with the history of education in the district, having contained two denominational schools earlier established at Chilwell

RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES

Geelong Regional Commission Register.

Australian Heritage Commission Register of the National Estate.

National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Register.

REFERENCES

Geelong Advertiser - 2nd November, 1877, tender notice.

19th February, 1878, laying of foundation stone.

23rd February, 1878, details of building.

3rd August, 1880, tender for porch.

Newtown and Chilwell Council, Centenary Booklet.

News of the Week, Geelong, 20th June, 1907, p. 13 illustration.

Public records Office, Laverton, Victoria - Original drawings and files.

Group

Education

Category

School - State (public)