BANK OF AUSTRALASIA (FORMER)
23 MAIN STREET, STONY CREEK, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
Stony Creek Village
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Statement of Significance
Non-original alterations and additions are not significant.
Aesthetically, the former bank is a fine and well detailed example of a timber Federation style bank, which demonstrates the influence of the Queen Anne style and the skills of the architects, A & K Henderson. Of note are the battened gable ends, walls of ship-lapped weatherboards and roughcast frieze, tall windows with multi-pane colour glass hoppers, verandah details and ornate chimneys. It is an historic landmark within Stony Creek. (Criterion E)
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BANK OF AUSTRALASIA (FORMER) - Physical Description 1
The former Bank of Australasia at Main Street, Stony Creek is a single storey weatherboard clad building with a half hip corrugated iron transverse roof at the street frontage, with a residence contained in a wide gable projecting to the rear. The residence has a verandah contiguous with the roof to the south side. The roof has boxed eaves and the gablets are vertically battened. Its ridge has scroll finials and galvanised iron cresting.
The front elevation has grooved ship-lapped boards to door height with a wide rough cast frieze above. It has a central door, sheltered by a projecting bracketed gablet with a battened roughcast end. Between the brackets is a sign panel. The symmetrical side windows are double hung to door height, with a multi-pane hopper in the frieze above. Other notable elements include:- The chimneys of red brick with extended ledge moulds.
- The fret brackets to the residential verandah.
- The tall double glazed front doors.
- The vertical weatherboard stop between the residence and the bank, suggesting the later addition of the residence.Heritage Study and Grading
South Gippsland - South Gippsland Heritage Study
Author: David Helms with Trevor Westmore
Year: 2004
Grading:
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