Tumut railway station

Railway station in Tumut LGA, New South Wales, Australia

35°17′44″S 148°12′36″E / 35.2955°S 148.2099°E / -35.2955; 148.2099OwnerTransport Asset Holding Entity

Official nameTumut Railway Station groupTypeState heritage (complex / group)Designated2 April 1999Reference no.1273TypeRailway Platform/StationCategoryTransport – Rail

Location of Tumut railway station in New South Wales

The Tumut railway station is a heritage-listed former railway station and railway staff accommodation and now private houses located on the Cootamundra–Tumut and Kunama line in Tumut, in the Snowy Valleys Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as the Tumut Railway Station group. The property was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.^[1]

Description

The complex compromises a type 16 timber pioneer station building that was completed in 1903. The station master's type 7, J3 timber residence adjoins the station, with a lamp room and WC and corrugated iron curved roof was also completed in 1903. A goods shed, comprising a 11.0-by-4.9-metre (36 ft × 16 ft) side shed with awning and corrugated iron^[1]

Heritage listing

Tumut station is a good example of a pioneer station with some remnants of the former yard. Despite losing the platform face, the building is in good condition and is one of the few pioneer buildings to survive in the State. The other elements support the main building, particularly the residence which is one of the best surviving example of this style of residence. All the elements of the group are in excellent condition and are very good examples of a pioneer station complex. The building has a prominent place in the town of Tumut and is important in the history of the town and the area as the construction of the railway was a major achievement.^[1]

Tumut railway station was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.^[1]

The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales.

This item is assessed as historically rare. This item is assessed as arch. rare. This item is assessed as socially rare.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Tumut Railway Station group". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01273. Retrieved 2 June 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on Tumut Railway Station group, entry number 01273 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 2 June 2018.