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CRESCENT

Other Name

Port Welshpool Museum

Location

82 TOWNSEND STREET, and TURNBULL STREET, PORT WELSHPOOL, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
'Crescent', constructed c.1881 by Jack Avery, at Turnbull Street, Port Welshpool.

Why is it significant?
'Crescent' at Turnbull Street, Port Welshpool is of local historic and aesthetic significance to South Gippsland Shire.

Historically, it is one of the oldest buildings in the Shire and one of the few surviving examples constructed in the period prior to the construction of the South Eastern Railway. It is therefore highly important for its ability to illustrate the early settlement and development of the Shire, particularly the early importance of coastal towns before the advent of the railways. (AHC criteria - A.4 and D.2)

Aesthetically, it is a unique example in the Shire of a dwelling and store, built in the form of a traditional dwelling on the street frontage. Its original function as a store is revealed by the second entrance and the asymmetrical placement of the windows. (AHC criterion - E.1)

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