Portable timber lock-up. Main rd Eltham
Main Rd ELTHAM, NILLUMBIK SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE:
One of a small number of such structures throughout Victoria, this portable timberlock up is the result of 19th century technology serving the need for supplying gaol facilities quickly without the need to build permanent lock-up. There is another of these portable lock-ups at the Hurstbridge Police Station.
BASIS OF SIGNIFICANCE: local significance
EXTENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: entire building and site to a radius of 10 metres
BASIS OF SIGNIFICANCE:
Rarity, Architetcure,
Illustration of the theme Streetscape
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Portable timber lock-up. Main rd Eltham - Usage/Former Usage
Original Use: Poilce Station Lock-up
Present Use: Disused/ Store room
Portable timber lock-up. Main rd Eltham - Physical Description 1
Style Victorian utilitarian.
Design standard, prefabricated.
Plan rectangular.
Single storeyed.
Walls timber stud construction, timber board lined exterior, timber baulk lined interior.
Roof gabled with shallow eaves, corrugated iron clad.
Features are the modest size of the lock-up, vertical framing members, door, iron bar covered window and the timber-lined interior.
Heritage Study and Grading
Nillumbik - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study
Author: David Bick
Year: 1992
Grading: Local
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ELTHAM COURT HOUSEVictorian Heritage Register H0784
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FORMER POLICE QUARTERSVictorian Heritage Register H1539
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ST MARGARETS CHURCH AND ORIGINAL VICARAGEVictorian Heritage Register H0459
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