Shop (Former Motor Garage)

97 Main Street BACCHUS MARSH, MOORABOOL SHIRE

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The Heritage Emporium

Statement of Significance

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  • Physical Conditions

    Shop (Former Motor Garage) - Physical Conditions

    Excellent

    Intactness

    Shop (Former Motor Garage) - Intactness

    Good

    Physical Description 1

    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.

    Historical Australian Themes

    Shop (Former Motor Garage) - Historical Australian Themes

    Townships

    Usage/Former Usage

    Shop (Former Motor Garage) - Usage/Former Usage

    USE: Antiques shop & tea room

    PREVIOUS USE : Motor Garage

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Moorabool - Bacchus Marsh Heritage Study 1995

    Author: Richard Peterson and Daniel Catrice
    Year: 1995
    Grading:

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    RESIDENCE

    

    Victorian Heritage Register H0503
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    BACCHUS MARSH EXPRESS OFFICE AND PRINTING WORKS

    

    Victorian Heritage Register H0504
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    FORMER CHRISTOPHER CRISP RESIDENCE

    

    Victorian Heritage Register H0505
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  Now a 2-storey building

  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.