Court House
Westbourne Grove NORTHCOTE, Darebin City
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Statement of Significance
The former Court House is of local architectural and historical significance. The building is anexample ofthe stripped classical style popular in the 1920s and 30s for public buildings, dependant onsimple proportions and detailing. Substantially intact, the building is compromised by the addition of the skillion roofed porch.The former Court House has served as a public building over a long period in Northcote an hence is locally significant.
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Court House - Physical Description 1
The single-storey rendered Court House is in a stripped neoclassical style typical off Smith's work (eg National Herbarium, South Yarra; Emily MacPherson College of Domestic Economy, Russell Street, Melbourne). The single window to the street is in the form of a large Serlian motif with a moulded hood and console brackets. Flanking this are two projecting vertical elements which overlap the plain rendered parapet above. The entrance was asymmetrically located to the west. The entrance has beenaltered by the addition ofa skillion room supported on a steel column.
Heritage Study and Grading
Darebin - Darebin Heritage Review
Author: Andrew Ward
Year: 2000
Grading:
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FORMER LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR HOME FOR THE AGEDVictorian Heritage Register H1950
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TERRACE HOUSESVictorian Heritage Register H1774
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FORMER NORTHCOTE THEATREVictorian Heritage Register H2287
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