Stawell Post Office, 87 Main Street , STAWELL
87 Main Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
Stawell Main Street Precinct
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Statement of Significance
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Stawell Post Office, 87 Main Street , STAWELL - Physical Description 1
The Stawell Post Office building, 87 Main Street, Stawell, makes an important architectural and visual contribution to the streetscape of predominantly 19th century building forms. The building remains today as an important legacy of the 19th century government infrastructure established during Stawell's prosperous gold era.
The symmetrical, two storey, rendered brick, Victorian Italianate palazzo styled Post Office building is characterised by a simple rectangular form having a five-bayed composition and a hipped roof surmounted with a small iron tower platform. The roof form is clad in galvanised corrugated iron. Early rendered brick chimneys with bracketed segmental pediment tops adorn the roofline. Wide dentillated overhangs and finely detailed frieze bands are features of the eaves.
The five bayed palazzo composition consists of an arcaded ground floor with plain banded rustication. The three inner arches have early timber framed double hung windows, with the corner opening has an early timber door frame and transom, and an introduced aluminium framed and glazed door. The other flanking opening appears to have originally been a doorway, now a timber framed window with sidelights and transom.
The first floor is smoothly rendered having finely modelled window architraves and drip moulds, with rectangular timber framed double hung windows. A moulded stringcourse interrupts the window openings, forming a capping to balustraded balconettes.
At the front of the building, the concrete ramp has been introduced, as has the signage on the ground floor piers.
Heritage Study and Grading
Northern Grampians - Shire of Northern Grampians - Stage 2 Heritage Study
Author: Wendy Jacobs, Vicki Johnson, David Rowe, Phil Taylor
Year: 2004
Grading: LocalStawell Main Street Precinct peer review
Author: Landmark Heritage PL
Year: 2024
Grading:
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HILL PIPE ORGAN - ST PETER'S LUTHERAN CHURCHVictorian Heritage Register H2177
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CENTRAL PARKVictorian Heritage Register H2284
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COMMONWEALTH MEMORIALVictorian Heritage Register H1943
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