BRUNSWICK RAILWAY STATION, SIGNAL BOX & GATES
VICTORIA STREET, BRUNSWICK, MORELAND CITY
Upfield Railway (Brunswick & Coburg)
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Statement of Significance
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BRUNSWICK RAILWAY STATION, SIGNAL BOX & GATES - Physical Description 1
Brunswick Railway Station (east) is a single storey building. Walls are of red brick with a bluestone base, with moulded string course and dressings to openings rendered. The building has a hipped corrugated iron roof with bracketed eaves. On the east elevation, a parapeted gable with rendered copings and delicate iron finial has a trefoil opening within a circular moulding above the main pointed arched doorway. The west (platform) elevation has a wide curved-profile verandah with cast iron columns, corrugated iron roof and latticed end panels.
All the window openings have been bricked up.
Key Architectural Elements: symmetrical red brick building with rendered dressings
hipped and gabled corrugated iron roof with bracketed eaves
wide cast iron verandah to platform
Conservation Guidelines: reinstate original window openings
Comparative Examples: Jewell Railway Station, Brunswick
Moreland Railway Station, Coburg
Coburg Railway Station, Coburg
Principal Historic Themes: significant phases in the development of towns and suburbs; 19th century speculative building activity
significant phases in the development of towns and suburbs (urban settlement); 19th century speculative subdivision patterns
early 20th century suburbanHeritage Study and Grading
Moreland - Keeping Brunswick's heritage: A Report on the Review of the Brunswick Conservation Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 1990
Grading: LocalMoreland - City of Moreland Heritage Review
Author: Allen Lovell and Associates
Year: 1999
Grading:
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LYNDHURST HALLVictorian Heritage Register H0964
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