THORNBURY RAILWAY GATEHOUSE HUTTON STREET
Location
23 HUTTON STREET, THORNBURY VIC 3071
File Number
HE/09/3010-06
Level
Heritage Inventory Site
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Statement of Significance
The gatehouse and signal box were important elements of the railway and to the function of Thornbury Railway Station in the earlier years, when manual operation of the level crossing gates was required, and when the signal box was in use prior to modernisation of the railway system.
The gatehouse was an important element of the Thornbury station complex and of the railway more broadly, especially in its earlier years when accommodation was necessary for the railway personnel staffing the level crossing and the signal box. Any archaeological remains associated with the house, especially those related to its 19th and early 20th century use and occupation, including early outbuildings and cess pits, have potential to provide valuable information on the development of transportation in the region and the nature of early domestic settlements, particularly that associated with the early railway.
If any structural features or buried deposits/artefacts remain they will have significant archaeological potential for investigating late 19th - early 20th century domestic and transportation features in the inner northern suburbs of Melbourne.
Group
Transport - Rail
Category
Other - Transport - Rail
