TOORA POLICE STATION & RESIDENCE (FORMER)
26 HARRIET STREET, TOORA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
At the rear of the main building of 28 Harriet Street, the portable timber lock-up is from the first occupation of the site by the Toora Police in 1892.
Aesthetically, the former Police Station and residence is a notable example of Federation residential design using brick construction in the South Gippsland Shire. The clean lines and return verandah demonstrate the style in a classical way. These two properties significantly contribute to the aesthetic and historic character of Harriet Street and Toora. (Criterion E)
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TOORA POLICE STATION & RESIDENCE (FORMER) - Physical Description 1
The former Police Station at 26 Harriet Street, Toora is a substantial red brick Federation hip and gable house with a corrugated iron roof with a short transverse ridge and projecting gable bays to the front and south. Its return verandah is contiguous with the main roof at a lesser pitch and is supported on turned posts with an open ladder frame frieze and fret brackets. Its main chimneys are now missing. Other notable elements include: - The exposed rafter ends.
- The projecting battened pressed metal bay supporting the gable end above the box bay casement windows, which are protected by bracketed bullnose pressed metal hoods.
- The three part casement windows, with hoppers above.
- The chimney-breast projecting from the south side wall of the verandah.
- The gable end frame in the south gable, which is missing at the front - The small ridge gablets.
- The shaped barge boards to the projecting gables.
On the adjacent site is a small portable timber police lock-up, which presumably dates from the earliest occupation of the site by the Toora police and is a reminder of the first police station constructed in 1892.
Heritage Study and Grading
South Gippsland - South Gippsland Heritage Study
Author: David Helms with Trevor Westmore
Year: 2004
Grading:
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TOORA REALIGNMENT H3 TRAMWAYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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