Survey Data
Reg No
11819009
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
House
In Use As
Bank/financial institution
Date
1835 - 1845
Coordinates
284124, 209682
Date Recorded
07/01/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Detached three-bay two-storey house, c.1840. Renovated, c.1960, with timber shopfront inserted to ground floor. Reroofed and refenestrated, c.1980. Now in use as credit union. Gable-ended roof. Replacement artificial slate, c.1980. Concrete ridge tiles. Rendered chimney sacks. Replacement uPVC gutters, c.1990, on brackets with cast-iron downpipes. Rendered walls. Part ruled and lined. Painted. Exposed rubble stone construction to side (south-west and north-east) and rear (south-east) elevations with red brick sections. Cut-stone quoins to corners. Square-headed openings. Stone sills to first floor. Replacement timber casement windows, c.1980. Square-headed door opening to ground floor in round-headed relieving arch. Replacement timber panelled door, c.1960. Square-headed door opening to right ground floor. Replacement timber panelled double doors, c.1960. Timber shopfront, c.1960, inserted to ground floor with panelled pilasters, fixed-pane display window and timber panelled double doors having overlight and timber fascia (extending over whole ground floor) with moulded cornice. Road fronted. Concrete brick cobbled footpath to front.
Appraisal
Kilcullen Credit Union is an attractive, middle-size building, probably originally designed as a symmetrical composition, which retains some of its early character. The house is of some social and historic interest, representing the continued development of the historic core of Kilcullen in the mid nineteenth century. Renovated and remodelled in the late twentieth century to accommodate a commercial use to ground floor, the timber shopfront subsequently inserted alludes to traditional styles and is an attractive feature. The building retains very little of its original features or materials, with replacement roof covering and fenestration, although the latter have been inserted in keeping with the original appearance of the building. The construction in rubble stone, exposed to three elevations, distinguishes the building in its surroundings, being one of very few buildings in Kilcullen that is not entirely rendered. The building, prominently sited at an angle on a corner immediately to east of Kilcullen Bridge is a prominent and attractive feature in the locality.