122 Grange Road
122 Grange Road CARNEGIE, Glen Eira City
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Statement of Significance
The former Glen Huntly Post Office is situated at no. 122 Grange Road on the Glen Huntly Road comer, Glen Huntly. It was established as a post office in 1930 and ceased to be used for this purpose during the 1990s. It is of historic significance.
It is of historic significance (Criterion A) as the former centre of postal services in Glen Huntly for more than sixty years and although not a purpose built structure has historic value on account of this long standing use.
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122 Grange Road - Physical Description 1
A late Post Federation period former post office having a domestic architectural character with corrugated iron clad gable root: presumed ornamentation in the gable ends now sheeted over, projecting wings with shingled weatherboard linings and posted verandahs with ladder frame frieze and spandrels in the Arts and Crafts mode.
122 Grange Road - Physical Description 2
Integrity: High, later reversible defacement along ridge line.
122 Grange Road - Physical Description 3
Condition: sound
122 Grange Road - Historical Australian Themes
Public Services: Post and Telegraph
Heritage Study and Grading
Glen Eira - City of Glen Eira Heritage Management Plan
Author: Andrew Ward, Architectural Historian
Year: 1996
Grading:
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