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Name	Detail	File number	Level
Ceremonial Chinese Funeral Tower - Beechworth Historic Area Beechworth Cemetery,, BEECHWORTH VIC 3747 - Property No B0623	Classified: 09/07/1959 STATEMENT OF SIGNFICANCE (HISTORIC AREA) Beechworth is a picturesque nineteenth Century provincial town. It is a well preserved example of a Government and private building, which resulted from the town's important historical role as the administrative and commercial centre of Victoria's north - eastern goldfields. Beechworth was once significant for its position on an early overland route from Melbourne to Sydney. The town is located ... more	B0623	Local
Lands Office - Beechworth Historic Area Ford Street, BEECHWORTH VIC 3747 - Property No B1400	The District Survey Office was erected in 1858 and served as the Electric Telegraph Station. Early illustrations show it as a single storey stone building, set back from the street in line with its neighbours. The double fronted facade had a central entrance expressed by a tiny two storey tower. Later in the century, probably c. 1880, the tower and projecting front wing were demolished and the present front wing added, verandah is c. 1900. This is one of Victoria's few surviving ... more	B1400	State
Newtown Bridge - Beechworth Historic Area Newtown Falls Bridge Bridge Road,, BEECHWORTH VIC 3747 - Property No B2206	Splendid siting and proportions, excellence of detail, and severity of expression, with special reference to fine stone masonry. Classified: 12/11/1970 Historic Area. Statement of Significance: Beechworth is a picturesque nineteenth Century provincial town. It is a well preserved example of Government and private building, which resulted from the town's important historical role as the administrative and commercial centre of Victoria's north-eastern goldfields. Beechworth ... more	B2206	State
Former St Andrew's Presbyterian Church - Beechworth Historic Area St Andrew's Uniting Church Cnr Ford and William Streets,, BEECHWORTH VIC 3747 - Property No B1921	The former Presbyterian church was erected in 1857 By Smith, Bank and Cranston. The architect was ThomasTurnbull. The rendered brick hall church with buttressed walls and lancet windows with label mouldings is dominated by a square tower with a short spire. The tower has pairs of tiered buttresses in each corner which are surrounded by pinnacles. The exposed brick Sabbath School was added to the rear of the church in 1883. This is one of the finest gothic revival churches in ... more	B1921	State
Former Congregational Church & Hall - Beechworth Historic Area Tolman Gallery Camp Street,, BEECHWORTH VIC 3747 - Property No B0617	Two successive Congregational churches which are amongst Beechworth 's earlier buildings, and the earlier one especially of a distinctive character. The first church (later hall) was built c 1858 of the local granite in a primitive round-arched Georgian mode, but with picturesque decorative barge boards. It was superseded in 1869 by a brick church, which is ascribed to the architect Leonard Terry. It is most unusual as he worked mainly for the Anglicans, and very rarely in ... more	B0617	Local
Former Police Stables - Beechworth Historic Area Rear of Former Police Residence, Ford Street,, BEECHWORTH VIC 3747 - Property No B2500	The former police stables, a brick building built 1870. Part of the Justice precinct (Ford Street, Williams Street and High Street), Beechworth Historic Area. (See B2501 for description of the historic area.) Beechworth is a picturesque nineteenth century provincial town which was the administrative and commercial centre of Victoria's north-eastern goldfields. There are, within the town, a large number of historical and architecturally significant buildings. Of particular ... more	B2500	Local
Hibernian Hotel - Beechworth Historic Area Camp Street,, BEECHWORTH VIC 3747 - Property No B2564	Interesting for iron work. Classified 01/10/1970 Historic Area - Statement of Significance Beechworth is a picturesque nineteenth Century provincial town. It is a well preserved example of Government and private building, which resulted from the town's important historical role as the administrative and commercial centre of Victoria's north-eastern goldfields. Beechworth was significant for its position on an early overland route from Melbourne to Sydney. The ... more	B2564	Local
Group Classification - Beechworth Historic Area (A Group) Former Electric Telegraph Office , Former Gold Wardens Offices , Former Sub-Treasury (Gold Office) Cnr Ford and Williams Streets,, BEECHWORTH VIC 3747 - Property No B2615	Classified Group includes: Courthouse, Gaol, Police Station, Lock-up & Forests and Lands Office. They were built during the years 1857-9, when Beechworth was the main centre of the north-east, active with gold mining and a major town on what was then the Melbourne-Sydney road. Each one is a good example of the early official building, enhanced by the handsome stone. Together they form a unique group, for both historical and architectural reasons. The locality is made ... more	B2615	State
St Joseph's Catholic Church - Beechworth Historic Area Cnr Church and Loch Streets,, BEECHWORTH VIC 3747 - Property No B620	STATEMENT OF SIGNFICANCE (HISTORIC AREA) Beechworth is a picturesque nineteenth Century provincial town. It is a well preserved example of a Government and private building, which resulted from the town's important historical role as the administrative and commercial centre of Victoria's north - eastern goldfields. Beechworth was once significant for its position on an early overland route from Melbourne to Sydney. The town is located sympathetically to the topography, in an ... more	B0620	File only
Former Presbyterian Church - Beechworth Historic Area Sunday School 17-19 Beechworth-Stanley Road, STANLEY VIC 3747 - Property No B3502	A naive and charming brick Presbyterian church of c.1870, with round-headed openings and a 45 degree roof (too shallow for Gothic and too steep for Classical). Classified: 08/12/1972 STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE (HISTORIC AREA) CLASSIFIED: APRIL 1983 Beechworth is a picturesque nineteenth Century provincial town. It is a well preserved example of Government and private building which resulted from the town's important historical role as the administrative and ... more	B3502	Local

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