(Robert Peck Von Hartel Trethowan City of St Kilda, Twentieth Century Architectural Study,1992) DATE OF CONSTRUCTION Not known, probably 1913 (first drawn 1911) ORIGINAL OWNER Victorian Railways. ARCHITECT Victorian Railways Architect (John Hardy?)(1) BUILDER/ ARTISANS Not known. LATER OCCUPANTS In continuing use. LATER ADDITIONS/ ALTERATIONS Toilet fixtures replaced. Signal box and lamp room/ store/yard demolished. DESCRIPTION Both station buildings are timber framed, single storied structures with cantilevered platform verandahs. Cladding is weatherboard with roughcast render above door head height and 'half-timbered' gables. Main roofs are diagonal asbestos cement shingles with corrugated iron sheet verandahs faced with small pitch sheet valences. Lining internally is tongue and groove timber board walls with pressed metal sheet ceilings. CONDITION Building is in reasonable condition. Some roof shingles are loose and the northern end of the Up building has settled. Window glass has been smashed and not replaced. ORIGINAL USE Railway station. PRESENT USE Railway station PRESENT OWNER V Line INTACTNESS (February, 1984) The buildings have a high degree of intactness. Recent toilet fixtures are the most significant changes. The signal box and corrugated iron clad lamp room/store/yard building located near Glen Eira Road have been removed (for details of latter see Appendix - drawing no. 1). OTHER Ward and Donnelly(2) have identified Edwardian timber stations under the overall heading Gisborne Group. Within that group are sub-groups covering design variations; Macedon [7 stations], Ripponlea[4], Donald[4], Mansfield [5] and Yarra Glen [3]. Ripponlea Station is the only 'very important' station in the sub-group and with Mentone, the only station in Melbourne regarded as very important in the Gisborne group. (David Bick, St. Kilda Conservation Study, 1985)
History The original drawings for the station are initialled and dated 1911 and further stamped 1913. There are no Contract Book records of the date of construction, cost and/or builder. The area around Glen Eira Road, east of the railway, was mostly developed from around the First World War and this was the reason for construction of a station. The Quat Quatta/Erindale Estates were subdivided in 1911. The railway though was opened in 1859. (David Bick, St. Kilda Conservation Study, 1985)
Thematic Context unknown
Recommendations A Ward, Port Phillip Heritage Review, 1998 recommended inclusions: Victorian Heritage Register National Estate Register Schedule to the Heritage Overlay Table in the City of Port Phillip Planning Scheme
References BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Original drawings held by Victorian Railways (V Line) -