HOUSE

The house, constructed c.1895, at 1A Victoria Street, Korumburra is significant. It is in the form of a Victorian cottage with a steep pitched transverse roof and verandah facing the street. A projecting gable in similar form extends a considerable length to the street boundary, which is now built up considerably (about 1.5m) above the floor level of the building, resulting in the building appearing to be half buried below the street level. A single corbelled brick double chimney extends from the ridge line at roughly the centre of the transverse gable. A straight verandah with original turned posts extends around the internal sides of the 'L' formed by the two gables. The street facing gable has decorative timber trusswork. The transverse section has pairs of panel doors and double hung windows, while the projecting section has a casement window and a much more recent door. 
Alterations and additions to the cottage made after World War II and other buildings on the site are not significant.

The house at 1A Victoria Street, Korumburra is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the town of Korumburra.

Historically, it is associated with an important phase in the development of Korumburra following the opening of the South Eastern Railway in 1891 when it grew to become the largest town in South Gippsland. It is representative of the simple cottages built throughout the township for mine workers and others. (Criteria A & D) 
Aesthetically, it is a late Victorian gabled timber cottage of unique design. (Criterion E)