FIRST CUSTOMS HOUSE
Location
1-55 GARDEN STREET EAST GEELONG, Greater Geelong City
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Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number
H0185
Heritage Overlay Number
HO880
Level of Significance
Registered
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Extent of Registration |
City of Geelong. No. 185. First Customs House, Botanical Gardens Eastern Park, Geelong. [Victoria Government Gazette No 100 Wednesday, October 9 1974 p.3648]
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Statement of Significance
A square gothic timber pavilion reputedly prefabricated in Sydney c 1838 and erected in Geelong. Cladding is quirk bead weatherboards. The original thatch roof was replaced with shingles in 1854. When a permanent stone customs housewas built in 1845 the building was used briefly as a telegraph office.Unaltered and well preserved, claimed to be the oldest building extant inVictoria, it now serves as a customs museum.
Source:
Register of the National Estate Citation:
Important as one of Victoria's oldest remaining buildings, believed to have been pre-fabricated in Sydney, and despite minor defacements retaining acertain charm by virtue of its pavilion design with concave roof profile andone remaining ogee-topped window.
Source:
National Trust
Year Construction Started |
1838 |
Architectural Style |
Pre-separation Colonial Gothick 1836-50
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Heritage Act Categories |
Registered place
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Municipality |
GREATER GEELONG CITY
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