HOUSE
25 VICTORIA STREET, KORUMBURRA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
Korumburra Church and Residential
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The dwelling, constructed c.1895, at 25 Victoria Street, Korumburra.
Why is it significant?
The house at 25 Victoria Street, Korumburra is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the town of Korumburra.
Historically, it demonstrates the important early phase of development of Korumburra that followed the opening of the South Eastern Railway in 1891. (AHC criteria - A.4 and D.2)
Aesthetically, it is a characteristic Victorian asymmetrical house with an octagonal projecting front bay that contributes to the historic character of the Victoria Street residential area. (AHC criterion - E.1)
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HOUSE - Physical Description 2
Style
Late Victorian Asymmetrical Villa
HOUSE - Physical Description 1
The house at 25 Victoria Street, Korumburra is an a typical Victorian asymmetrical hip and valley weatherboard villa with a projecting octagonal front bay, a rectangular side bay and a return bullnose verandah. The front bay has a contiguous octagonal hip roof. Other notable elements include:
- Corbelled brick chimneys with dentils (now painted).
- Simple regularly spaced eaves brackets.
- Square stop chamfered posts to the verandah, but the former cast iron frieze and neck-moulds are missing.
- Single double hung windows and wide door case with panelled door and sidelights.
HOUSE - Historical Australian Themes
Thematic Context
Commercial Enterprise
Sub-Themes
Mining
Heritage Study and Grading
South Gippsland - South Gippsland Heritage Study
Author: David Helms with Trevor Westmore
Year: 2004
Grading:
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KORUMBURRA RAILWAY STATION COMPLEXVictorian Heritage Register H1571
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