POLICE STATION AND OLD LOCK-UP

Other Names

LOCKUP ,  LOCK UP

Location

119 MAIN STREET BACCHUS MARSH, MOORABOOL SHIRE

File Number

602236

Level

Registered

Statement of Significance

This sandstone lock-up was built in 1857 by the P.W.D. A simple 2 cell rectangular building built of local sandstone. This masonry is unusual in being finished to a fair face and then picked over to give an unusual if crude effect. It is also unusual in that the interior is lined in timber heavy sawn planks for walls and floors a legs for the ceiling. It is the oldest stone lock-up that we have dates for.

[Source: Australian Heritage Commission]

Group

Law Enforcement

Category

Gaol/Lock-up