A three level Edwardian style building with Victorian trimmings. Class distinction is obvious in the woodwork and fireplace detailing’s. Water was collected and stored in an underground tank which was located near the current kitchen. It was pumped up to the roof cisterns to give gravity feed. The pump was attached to the building in the courtyard. The staircase has one of its rungs upside down, as, when the building was built it was considered to be a sign of good luck. Originally this site was occupied by the National School which opened in a bark slab hut in September 1858. The present building was completed and opened with Banking Chambers downstairs and the Manager’s residence upstairs, with servants’ quarters on the stairway landing. In 2012, the building was purchased by Mick and Gloria Picton and renovated to become the Old Bank Restaurant and Bar. 26517
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