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POLICE STATION AND RESIDENCE (FORMER)

Location 33 Glendinning Street BALMORAL, Southern Grampians Shire File Number 419 Level Stage 2 study complete

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The Police residence and Station, located at the eastern end of Glendinning Street, Balmoral is a single storey asymmetrical timber house in the Victorian vernacular style. The house dates from about 1880, and may be the second police residence and station, replacing an earlier rented premises on another site or an earlier structure on the same site. The house was used as a police station and residence from the 1880s until the mid nineteenth century. There has been no architect or builder associated with the design. The house is in fair condition and retains a good degree of integrity.

How is it significant?
The Police residence and station is of historical significance to the community o Balmoral and to the Southern Grampians Shire.

Why is it significant?
The Police residence and station is of historical significance as a reflection of the police presence in Balmoral, and their important role in the community. It is of further interest as an example of a police station being the less significant structure, built into the verandah of the house.