BIGELOW'S STORE & RESIDENCE (FORMER)
35 VICTORIA ROAD, LOCH, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
Loch Village
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Statement of Significance
Commercial Building:
- Largely segmented arched framed windows and timber stalls on either side
- Splayed entry
- Interior timber lined.
- Convex roof verandah between the residence and the shop with turned posts
- Single chimney with corbelled brick
- Central row of chamfered timber posts
Aesthetically, the store is a superior and substantially intact example of a large Victorian commercial property within the Shire. In addition, it is one of the few Victorian shop and residence complexes of this scale that still remains in South Gippsland Shire. The residence and shop significantly contribute to the character of Loch and demonstrates the early optimism of the Loch community. (Criterion E)
The former Bigelow store is strongly associated with Mr Charles Snow Bigelow, one of the commercial pioneers of this region of the Shire, especially Loch and Jeetho. Besides being an early commercial magnate, Mr Bigelow was active in development of the Loch township and the South Gippsland Shire. Mr Bigelow was significant to the former Shire of Poowong and Jeetho, the Presbyterian Church and sporting clubs within Loch and the surrounds. (Criterion H)
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BIGELOW'S STORE & RESIDENCE (FORMER) - Physical Description 1
The former Bigelow's Store and residence at 35 Victoria Street, Loch is a single storey weatherboard complex on the north side of the main street of Loch, comprising a shop to the east with an attached residence to the west. The shop has a hip and valley corrugated iron roof with a reconstructed straight roofed street verandah with turned posts. Its original shopfront has large segmentally arched frames and timber stalls on either side of a splayed ingoing entry. The interior is timber lined with skylights and a central row of stop chamfered timber posts.
The residence is attached to the shop, but is set back from the front boundary. It has a projecting octagonal bay with an octagonal hip and double hung windows in each face, enclosing a convex roof verandah between it and the shop. Its single chimney is of corbelled brickHeritage Study and Grading
South Gippsland - South Gippsland Heritage Study
Author: David Helms with Trevor Westmore
Year: 2004
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