Former Library and Mechanics' Institute
408 Warrenheip Street, BUNINYONG VIC 3357 - Property No 2034043
Buninyong Heritage precinct
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Statement of Significance
The Library is one of the oldest buildings in Buninyong and survives from an early period in the town's development. The facade is most unusual with its detail simulating rusticated stonework. The tripled pilasters, deep cornice and decorative frieze are particularly notable.
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Former Library and Mechanics' Institute - Physical Description 1
The building comprises a former reading room and residence linked by a central office and is resolved by a half hipped roof. The rear residence is roofed by a skillian. The feature of the timber building is an elaborate facade, detailed to simulate the appearance of stonework. The facade is trabeated with banded pilasters.
A central doorway features a transom light above. The side and rear facades are finished with square edged weatherboards. Internally the building is lined with timber ceilings, dado and flooring, with hessian lining above dado level. Evidence remains of early wallpapers.
This building is individually significant for its unusual facade, and is highly important as one of the oldest buildings in Buninyong, associated with its early goldmining activity.
Former Library and Mechanics' Institute - Intactness
The former Library and Mechanics Institute is in a severely deteriorated condition, however the principal facade remains sound and substantially intact. The substructure to the rear facade has subsided below top plate level and this section requires immediate repair.
Heritage Study and Grading
Ballarat - Buninyong Conservation Study
Author: Colman Sutherland Conservation Consultants
Year: 1983
Grading:
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