Fryerstown Prefabricated Church Hall, Heron St, Fryerstown, VIC, Australia
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blingg
S 37° 08.245 E 144° 15.003
55H E 255735 N 5886342
The former Fryerstown Methodist Church Hall
Waymark Code: WM161WB
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 04/16/2022
Views: 1
The prefabricated timber building is of a type which was used for Courthouses and Gold Warden's offices in the goldfields in the mid to late 1850s. The simple timber hall with an unlined iron gable roof is 11m long by 6m wide and is divided into a large and small room, with a central gabled porch at one end. The walls are constructed of short lengths of horizontal shiplap boards dropped between rebated posts . THe building were provided by Government in the 1850s goldfields, where populations were too temporary and shifting to justify investment in more substantial buildings.
List: Register of the National Estate
Place ID: 18183
Place File No: 2/06/102/0010
URL database reference: [Web Link]
Status:
Registered
Year built: 1850's
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