Lock Up and Police Station

A beautifully presented plaque is set in a stone monument outside the police station. It displays images of the police buildings along with the following text: 

Kyneton Police Station

It is thought that is site has been in continuous police use since 1860. 

The original police barracks and outbuildings were removed to enable a new police station in Jennings Street to be constructed. This two-story red brick building is only one of two known surviving contemporary police station and barracks buildings (from an original group of six) that were designed by the Public Works Department of Victoria in the Romanesque Revival style. It was constructed in 1882 by R. Grant for a cost of £2,917.

As indicated in below photo, Victoria Police horse stables were located to the east of the Heritage building. 

The Lock-Up as built in 1861 and is constructed of bluestone with a slate roof to the same Victorian Free Classical style as the Court House. As an adjunct to the Court House, it was designed by the Public Works Department run at the time by William Wardell, Inspector-General and Chief Architect. The Lock-Up was constructed by McKay for £568. The Lock-Up was operational up until it was decommissioned in 2009. Few alterations were made to the three cell structure over this time, with heating only being introduced in 1998.

A new police station was designed in 1957 by the Public Works Department. The Chief Architect at the time was Firth. The single storey cream brick veneer building with a red tile roof was typical of the 1950's Austerity style, refer to the photo below (photo displayed on plaque, see image gallery on this page). This building was located to the east of the 1882 heritage building.