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Former Healesville Court House

42 Harker Street,, HEALESVILLE VIC 3777 - Property No B6419

A timber court house of 1890 of regional significance. The best example of typical Public Works Department design for timber court houses in the 1880s, Healesville Court House is unusually intact internally and externally compared with similar court houses. Classified: 06/05/1996 Revised: 03/08/1998

B6419

State
81238

Former Court House

Holy Trinity Parish Hall

67 Arundel Street,, BENALLA VIC 3672 - Property No B2200

Individual Statement of Significance: A typical brick courthouse of 1864 extended in 1869 but completely altered in character by substantial extensions and alterations in 1888/9. The result is an imposing assembly of decorated elements culminating in steeply pitched patterned slate roofs in hipped, gabled and pinnacled forms. Rendered mouldings are richly formed and perforated and the entry porch is equipped with elaborate iron gates. Classified: ... more

B2200

State
179618

Court House & Post Office

161-169 Franklin Street and Cnr Kay Street,, TRARALGON VIC 3844 - Property No B2722

Built in 1886, this combined courthouse and post office occupies a prominent position and its contrasting brick and rendered trims emphasise the elaborately detailed decoration characteristic of the period. Classified: 'Local' 20/08/1970 Revised:'Regional' 17/11/1977 Revised: 03/08/1998

B2722

State
 

Newstead Court House

2 Canrobert Street,, NEWSTEAD VIC 3462 - Property No B5130

Erected in 1863 by the Public Works Department, the drawings being executed by J J Clark, under the Chief Architect W W Wardell. One of the finer of the small provincial court houses erected in Victoria during the nineteenth century, epitomising the architecture of the P.W.D. before 1880, the building is simply conceived around a large court room, expressed in the overall composition by a dominating gabled form. Offices and vestibules are carefully arranged around this principal ... more

B5130

State
71209

Sale Court House

Foster Street,, SALE VIC 3850 - Property No B5558

B5558

File only
90502

Former Heidelberg Court House

Cnr Jika Street & Park Lane,, HEIDELBERG VIC 3084 - Property No B5154

This red brick Court House which was designed by J B Cohen, an architect in the Public Works Department, was built by Swanson Bros. and opened in 1900. It is very similar in plan and architectural style to the Yarram Court House which was designed in 1907 by the same architect. The high octagonal Court Room which has clerestory windows and a steeply pitched hipped roof (formerly slate), is surrounded by ancillary offices with a prominent entrance porch and door with a leadlight ... more

B5154

Regional
69303

Court House & Lock Up

1 - 3 Park Street,, BRIGHT VIC 3741 - Property No B0706

Courthouse: A standard brick courthouse of 1861 with gabled roof and simple skillion-roofed entry porch. Classified: 'Regional' 20/08/1959 Revised: 'State' 03/08/1998 Lock Up: The log lock-up was erected c.1870 and was originally located within the police station precinct. It is constructed of rough hewn logs, each approximately 30cm diameter, stacked 10 high and crossed at the corners. The roof was originally clad in timber shingles. The lock-up was used for the ... more

B0706

State
135546

Former Court House

STEIGLITZ VIC 3331 - Property No B0780

Steiglitz Court House was built in 1874 at a time when the town was beginning to experience a decline in population. Gold was discovered at Steiglitz in 1851 and alluvial deposits attracted large numbers to the area in the following years. A timber court house was built in 1857 to serve the community, however the prolonged period that lapsed before construction of a more permanent structure, resulted in the latter coinciding with a subsequent decrease in population. As a ... more

B0780

State
70363

Inglewood Court House

Southey Street,, INGLEWOOD VIC 3517 - Property No B5890

The Inglewood Court House, built in 1860 by Thomas Watt to a standard design of Public Works Department architect Alfred T Snow, is architecurally and historically significant at a State level. The Inglewood Court House is architecturally significant as the most intact example of a group of court houses described as being in the "Victorian Free Classical" style. The buildings in this style date from 1860 to 1874 and the Inglewood Court House remains the second oldest, but most ... more

B5890

State
 

Court House - Fryerstown

Castlemaine Street, FRYERSTOWN VIC 3451 - Property No B5174

B5174

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