FORMER LIVERPOOL STORE

The former Liverpool Store is a double-height brick building located at the south-east corner of Lockwood Road and Dunlop Lane in Kangaroo Flat. It was built in the 1860s as the centrepiece of W Roger's 'Liverpool Store' complex, which included a post office and a single-storey timber shop, with gable ends and street verandah, acting as the retail outlet for the store. The extant brick building has a square plan and is built on a sandstone base. The break fronted and trabeated front (south) elevation, addressing Lockwood Road, is divided into three bays with a cornice and parapet carried on pilasters. A bricked-up door opening at the south end of the east elevation may have provided a connection to the former timber shop that formed part of the original Liverpool Store complex. An embedded angled brick course is evident at the north end of the east elevation, indicating that a gable roofed structure pre-existed the former Liverpool Store in this location. 

The former Liverpool Store is of local historical, aesthetic/architectural and social significance.

The former Liverpool Store (c. 1860s) is historically significant (Criterion A) as a former commercial building which dates to the earliest phase of settlement at Kangaroo Flat. It is also the only surviving element of the former 'Liverpool Store' complex, which is also believed to date to the 1860s, and included a timber shop addressing High Street, and a post office. The building is additionally a relatively rare surviving building of its type in the Marong area, offering evidence of an historic commercial operation (Criterion B). 

The former Liverpool Store is of local social significance (Criterion G), for its present use as premises of the Y Service Club, which supports the YMCA and the community, and for its historic use as retail premises. The social value of the property is enhanced by its large scale and prominence at the south end of Kangaroo Flat's main retail strip. 

The former 'Liverpool Store' is also of aesthetic/architectural significance (Criterion E). Its double-height and robust presence to the street, as well as the trabeated and substantially intact south elevation, give the property a high degree of prominence in its context. The brick building, which is among the most substantial (non religious) buildings in Kangaroo Flat, also emphasises the historic importance of the former commercial (Liverpool Store) operation.