Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

building misc — Griffith Avenue

building misc
View what I want to do
building misc — Griffith Avenue
Photo: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage · Open the original picture · Website use allowed for educational or private purposes with source credit · Report the wrong picture · If this is your picture and you want it taken down, email me.
Know this place?

Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.

Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.

Add your photo and local directionsShare what you found

What is recorded here

Attached gable-fronted single-storey school hall, built c. 1926, having pedimented Doric temple-front, standing adjacent to Christian Brothers' Girls' and Infants' schools. Pitched concrete tile roof with replacement uPVC rainwater goods, painted eaves boards and soffit, and fan vent. Roughcast cement-rendered walls with painted plinth, frieze and moulded cornice, double Doric pilasters supporting pediment. Square-headed window opening to upper part of front elevation with head at cornice level, concrete sill and tripartite timber casement window with pivoting toplight; square-headed openings to west elevation with replacement uPVC windows. Round-headed principal doorway with painted stucco architrave and scrolled keystone, having replacement aluminium door frame, original spoked timber fanlight and replacement glazed timber door; square-headed timber battened doors to rear. Lawned area to front, with separate gateway to Griffith Avenue, replacement plinth walls with steel railings and original gate piers of vermiculated rusticated granite with Portland Stone swag friezes and cornices supporting double-leaf wrought-iron gate.

This official record and map point do not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.