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BANK OF VICTORIA (FORMER)

Location 35 STANLEY STREET, TOORA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/6] Bank of Victoria [2/6] Bank of Victoria [3/6] Residence at rear [4/6] North side elevation [5/6] North side doorway [6/6] Residential entrance on south

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The former Bank of Victoria, constructed in 1906 by James Abel and Norman R. Stockdale, at 35 Stanley Street, Toora is significant. It is a flat fronted rectangular late Victorian building in classical mode. It has a weatherboard wall body with a wide timber blocking course, a prominent timber cornice and level parapet, which is continued down the sides in plain weatherboard and hides the gabled corrugated iron roof at the front. An added hipped section at the rear contains the residence, which has a recessed entry with cast iron frieze at the south side. The facade contains four equally spaced arched openings. The door is the second from the north and is wider, with an arched highlight and a pair of panel doors. The three other openings have double hung windows with arched head sashes. The original architraves appear to have been removed. The building has symmetrically placed external brick chimneys with stepped flues and corbelled caps at each end. Internally, the layout has been changed but the strongroom remains and some bossed door architraves and fireplace surrounds express something of its original character.