Kew Post Office
186 High Street KEW, BOROONDARA CITY
High St - Cotham Rd Commercial Precinct
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Statement of Significance
The Kew Post Office, Court House and Police Station are of significance as one of the most impressive groups of public buildings in Victoria, for their successful and early use of the English vernacular free style, and as a landmark in Kew on one of its most prominent sites.
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Kew Post Office - Physical Description 1
Erected under the supervision of G.W. Watson20, this complex of public buildings includes the Kew Post Office which was opened in 188821. They are unified in design and combine to form one of the most impressive complexes of public buildings in Victoria. They are built in the English vernacular free style in red brick and render, with render banding and ornamentation defining the edges of the buildings with quoining and pilasters, and the openings with architraves and ornamentation. The roofs are in slate, with the Court House having a terracotta ridge capping, while all three have red brick chimneys with strapwork and corbelling. In using the English vernacular free style, these buildings were one of the first to adopt this style and were an influential precursor to Edwardian architecture. Post Office Police Station
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18 Trethowan, B., 'The Public Works Departmentof Victoria: 1851-1900'
19 ibid.
20 National Trust of Aust.(Vic), 'Post Office, CourtHouse and Police Station...', September 18 1986
21 ibid., 'History of theKew Post Office'
Heritage Study and Grading
Boroondara - Kew Junction Commercial Heritage Study
Author: Lovell Chen
Year: 2012
Grading:Boroondara - City of Kew Urban Conservation Study
Author: Pru Sanderson Design Pty Ltd
Year: 1988
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XAVIER COLLEGEVictorian Heritage Register H0893
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D'ESTAVILLEVictorian Heritage Register H0201
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SPRINGTHORPE MEMORIAL, BOROONDARA GENERAL CEMETERYVictorian Heritage Register H0522
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"1890"Yarra City
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"AMF Officers" ShedMoorabool Shire
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"AQUA PROFONDA" SIGN, FITZROY POOLVictorian Heritage Register H1687
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