SHOPS & RESIDENCE
82-94 WHITELAW STREET, MEENIYAN, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
Meeniyan Commercial
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Statement of Significance
Non-original alterations and additions are not significant.
Aesthetically this group of buildings are a substantially intact group of shops and attached residences, and makes a significant contribution to the historic character of Whitelaw Street and Meeniyan. This building also illustrates a superior level of this type of architectural form, particularly within the South Gippsland Shire. (Criterion E)
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SHOPS & RESIDENCE - Physical Description 1
The shops and dwelling at 82-94 Whitelaw Street, Meeniyan, is a single storey weatherboard complex on the north side of the main street of Meeniyan, comprising a pair shops to the east with an attached residence to the west. The shops have separate structures combined by a common parapet and street verandah, which would appear to confirm the theory that the building was constructed in stages. This is also suggested by:
- The space between the two is built in with a blank (original?) weatherboard infill at the front and the distinct shopfront to each.
- The roof of the eastern shop is a simple and separate hip abutting the parapet at the front, while the roof of the central element is combined with the roof of the adjacent house to the west, which suggests that they were constructed at the same time.
Other notable elements include the shopfront of the first, which has a weatherboard stall, while that of the wider central shop has a panelled diagonal board stall and splayed ingoing entry. The parapet of the shops has a raised triangle terminating in a stepped horizontal peak which is now sheeted in iron.
The dwelling has a projecting hip bay to the street boundary, with a tri-part double hung window, enclosing a straight roofed recessed verandah with splay chamfered posts. The cast iron frieze and neck moulds are missing. Its hipped roofs are extended to the rear, terminating in a pyramidal hip at the north west corner. Various elements at the rear, though integrated with the front structures are probably additions over time.
At the rear of the site is a separate weatherboard gabled warehouse/store.Heritage Study and Grading
South Gippsland - South Gippsland Heritage Study
Author: David Helms with Trevor Westmore
Year: 2004
Grading:
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