Fmr Elsternwick Post Office, 296-298 Glen Huntly Rd & 1A Riddell Parade
296-298 Glen Huntly Road and 1A Riddell Parade ELSTERNWICK, Glen Eira City
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Statement of Significance
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Fmr Elsternwick Post Office, 296-298 Glen Huntly Rd & 1A Riddell Parade - Physical Description 1
An imposing former post office showing Elizabethan influence in black tuckpointed red brickwork with cement enrichment. The facade has a projecting lower level with symmetrical corner entries in the manner of post and telegraph offices with a central window to the former public.
A pedimented balcony over provides the setting for the upper level which reinforces the motifs used in the enrichment of the lower level. Break fronted treatment is repeated on the side elevation, facing Riddell Pde which has a set back former residential entry to the quarters which .have been rebuilt to serve as office space.
Fmr Elsternwick Post Office, 296-298 Glen Huntly Rd & 1A Riddell Parade - Physical Description 2
Integrity: Good, additions at rear.
Fmr Elsternwick Post Office, 296-298 Glen Huntly Rd & 1A Riddell Parade - Physical Description 3
Condition: Good
Fmr Elsternwick Post Office, 296-298 Glen Huntly Rd & 1A Riddell Parade - Historical Australian Themes
Public Services: Post and telegraph.
Heritage Study and Grading
Glen Eira - Caulfield Conservation Study
Author: Andrew Ward, Architectural Historian
Year: 1994
Grading:
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FORMER ELSTERNWICK POST OFFICEVictorian Heritage Register H0640
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RIPPON LEAVictorian Heritage Register H0614
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FORMER UNION CHURCHVictorian Heritage Register H0704
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