MORELAND RAILWAY STATION SIGNAL BOX
MORELAND ROAD, COBURG, MORELAND CITY
Upfield Railway (Brunswick & Coburg)
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Statement of Significance
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MORELAND RAILWAY STATION SIGNAL BOX - Physical Description 1
The Moreland Road signal box is a simple one-and-a-half-storey building which has a red-painted gabled corrugated iron roof with scalloped bargeboards and a small finial trimming the south gable. The walls are weatherboard and the simple timber windows form a horizontal band along the south, east and north facades, allowing a view of the railway tracks. A staff toilet is attached.
Massive timber floor framing carries interlocking machinery. The chimneys and fireplaces have been removed. The signal masts, typical of many installations, are the lattice type with somersault home and fixed distant arms with cast iron finials remove. Double line block safe working instruments are still in situ.(2)
(2) Andrew Ward & Associates, Upfield Railway Heritage Study. The same signalling system on the former St Kilda Railway Line has been removed as a result of its Light Rail upgrading.
Key Architectural Elements: original corrugated iron clad roof
carved timber bargeboards
two storey weatherboard construction
Conservation Guidelines: replace missing six pane vertical sash windows
Comparative Examples: Signal BoxesGardiner, Kooyong and Mentone Railway Stations
Note:
During the course of this study, works have been proposed and undertaken along the Upfield railway line. These works have included the dismantling and removal of some of the railway related structures recommended for Heritage Overlay protection in this study.Heritage Study and Grading
Moreland - City of Moreland Heritage Review
Author: Allen Lovell and Associates
Year: 1999
Grading: LocalMoreland - City of Coburg Heritage Conservation & Streetscape Study
Author: Timothy Hubbard Pty Ltd
Year: 1991
Grading:
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FORMER MELVILLES GRAIN STOREVictorian Heritage Register H0705
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GLENCAIRNVictorian Heritage Register H0375
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THE AMERICAN COTTAGEVictorian Heritage Register H0139
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