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GLENFERRIE RAILWAY STATION COMPLEX
668 GLENFERRIE ROAD HAWTHORN, BOROONDARA CITY

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Victorian Heritage Register
GLENFERRIE RAILWAY STATION COMPLEX SOHE 2008
GLENFERRIE RAILWAY STATION COMPLEX SOHE 2008
GLENFERRIE RAILWAY STATION COMPLEX SOHE 2008
GLENFERRIE RAILWAY STATION COMPLEX SOHE 2008
1 glenferrie railway station hawthorn station building jun1984
glenferrie railway station hawthorn arch detail jun1984
glenferrie railway station hawthorn centre platform jun1984
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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
Glenferrie Railway Station was rebuilt as a two-storey structure after the railway was raised over Glenferrie Road in 1916 to provide a more level gradient between Glenferrie and Camberwell stations. It features brick and stucco facades punctuated by arches, blind and open, set between wide brick piers. The station was designed by the Victorian Railway's architect Edward Ballard under the Department's Chief Architect J W Hardy.

How is it significant?
Glenferrie Railway Station is historically and architecturally significant to the State of Victoria

Why is it significant?
Glenferrie Railway Station Railway Station is historically important because of its relationship to the development of Victoria's suburban railway network. The rebuilding of the station provides information about the modifications of the railway line, opened in 1882, and was necessitated by the construction of a rail bridge over Glenferrie Road to ease the steep gradient approaching Camberwell Station. Glenferrie Railway Station is architecturally important because of its ability to exhibit the characteristics of utilitarian and aesthetic design principles adopted in the early twentieth century by the Victorian Railway's architecture department. Glenferrie Railway Station is important because of its association with the technical achievements exhibited by altering the gradient of the rail line approaching Camberwell. It demonstrates the evolution of the suburban rail network and the technological changes undertaken to facilitate commuter travel.
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    • Permit Exemptions

      GLENFERRIE RAILWAY STATION COMPLEX - Permit Exemptions

      General Exemptions:

      General exemptions apply to all places and objects included in the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR). General exemptions have been designed to allow everyday activities, maintenance and changes to your property, which don’t harm its cultural heritage significance, to proceed without the need to obtain approvals under the Heritage Act 2017.

      Places of worship: In some circumstances, you can alter a place of worship to accommodate religious practices without a permit, but you must notify the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria before you start the works or activities at least 20 business days before the works or activities are to commence.

      Subdivision/consolidation: Permit exemptions exist for some subdivisions and consolidations. If the subdivision or consolidation is in accordance with a planning permit granted under Part 4 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and the application for the planning permit was referred to the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria as a determining referral authority, a permit is not required.

      Specific exemptions may also apply to your registered place or object. If applicable, these are listed below. Specific exemptions are tailored to the conservation and management needs of an individual registered place or object and set out works and activities that are exempt from the requirements of a permit. Specific exemptions prevail if they conflict with general exemptions.

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