Shop (Former Motor Garage)
97 Main Street BACCHUS MARSH, MOORABOOL SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
A bluestoue stripped Classical former motor garage. built with stone form Landsberg House Academy at Mount Blackwood (1858). in 1921.
It is locally historically significant for its association with developments in the (automotive) business in community life in Bacchus Marsh. and for its use of bluestone.
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Shop (Former Motor Garage) - Physical Conditions
Excellent
Shop (Former Motor Garage) - Intactness
Good
Shop (Former Motor Garage) - Physical Description 1
A stripped Classical style, gable-roofed motor garage building with a stepped parapet with a curved top and flat moulds and at string course and comice level. It has two sequential head arched openings (now glazed).
This substantial building is of bluest one with freestone (probably Bald Hill sandstone) lintels and dressings to the windows and piers on the front. The stonework shows some evidence of having been recut, which would concur with the suggestion that stone was brought from the demolished Landsberg House. The windows may also have come from the same source as they are of an early style, and appear the same as those shown on a photograph of Landsberg House.
Missing however, are sills to the windows, which also points to the use of recycled materials. The facade is divided into two bays by a central sandstone pier and reinforced concrete arches over the wide openings, one formerly fitted with a garage door, and the other a glazed shopfront with panelled door. The concrete archways may be later additions as they appear to be badly keyed into the stonework. A recent brick addition has been made to the rear and incorporated into the timber-framed, hipped roofline.
Shop (Former Motor Garage) - Historical Australian Themes
Townships
Shop (Former Motor Garage) - Usage/Former Usage
USE: Antiques shop & tea room
PREVIOUS USE : Motor Garage
Heritage Study and Grading
Moorabool - Bacchus Marsh Heritage Study 1995
Author: Richard Peterson and Daniel Catrice
Year: 1995
Grading:
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RESIDENCEVictorian Heritage Register H0503
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BACCHUS MARSH EXPRESS OFFICE AND PRINTING WORKSVictorian Heritage Register H0504
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FORMER CHRISTOPHER CRISP RESIDENCEVictorian Heritage Register H0505
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Notes See all notes
06/11/19
This building has recently been renovated and is now home to an accounting firm who have built a second storey onto the building.
Public contributions
Notes See all notes
06/11/19
This building has recently been renovated and is now home to an accounting firm who have built a second storey onto the building.