YARRAWONGA COURT HOUSE
12 PIPER STREET YARRAWONGA, MOIRA SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The subject land is the Yarrawonga Court House situated on Piper Street next to the Fire Station in a residential area. The Court House was built in the early 1890's and forms part of the early history of Yarrawonga.
It is a single storey solid red brick building with a timber framed with corrugated iron roof and timber verandahs. There are double entry doors and verandahs on each side of the main entrance. Whilst the building is structurally sound, some maintenance is required such as a leaking roof, rusted guttering and downpipes need replacing, internal and external cracks in the walls and timber floors need to be re-blocked. The three main rooms in the building are the courtroom, the magistrates’ chambers and the administration area. A holding cell and one of the offices was converted into toilets in the 1950s which are located at the back of the site.
The building is currently utilised by the adjoining Yarrawonga Primary School as a classroom. They occupy the site under a consent issued to them by the Department after the building was vacated by the Attorney Generals office in the late 1980's.
The building is historically significant and provides a mixture of dignity and flamboyance to the streetscape. It is currently included on the State's Buildings Register and is accordingly provided with protection.
[Source: Assessment and Evaluation Report - Benalla-Upper Murray Review 1986]
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YARRAWONGA COURT HOUSE - Permit Exemptions
General Exemptions:General exemptions apply to all places and objects included in the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR). General exemptions have been designed to allow everyday activities, maintenance and changes to your property, which don’t harm its cultural heritage significance, to proceed without the need to obtain approvals under the Heritage Act 2017.Places of worship: In some circumstances, you can alter a place of worship to accommodate religious practices without a permit, but you must notify the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria before you start the works or activities at least 20 business days before the works or activities are to commence.Subdivision/consolidation: Permit exemptions exist for some subdivisions and consolidations. If the subdivision or consolidation is in accordance with a planning permit granted under Part 4 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and the application for the planning permit was referred to the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria as a determining referral authority, a permit is not required.Specific exemptions may also apply to your registered place or object. If applicable, these are listed below. Specific exemptions are tailored to the conservation and management needs of an individual registered place or object and set out works and activities that are exempt from the requirements of a permit. Specific exemptions prevail if they conflict with general exemptions. Find out more about heritage permit exemptions here.
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