JOHN WELSH FACTORY (FORMER)
12-20 MILLER STREET,, BRUNSWICK EAST VIC 3057 - Property No 2514
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Statement of Significance
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JOHN WELSH FACTORY (FORMER) - Physical Description 1
The John Welsh factory is a single storey cream brick building. In form it is in three sections, two end pavilions linked to a central recessed section by two sections of curved wall. The end pavilions are of cream brick, with dark brown manganese brick at the base and forming two narrow string course nearer the parapet. An entrance of stepped manganese brick penetrates the east pavilion; a narrow horizontal window of glass bricks sits to the eastern end. The central section has a deep cream brick stepped parapet with partial brown brick string courses. This sits above a shallow concrete canopy which shelters two vehicle entrances. Small windows sit between the underside of the canopy and a manganese brick dado. Original manganese brick and concrete curbing defines the vehicle entrances. Beyond the facade, the building red brick side walls and a galvanised iron saw-tooth roof. Some extensions have apparently been made at the rear of the site. The original company name in shaped steel lettering has been replaced during the 1990s.
Key Architectural Elements: long. low bichrome Moderne facade
manganese brick stepped entrances
glass brick panels
Conservation Guidelines: reinstate original signage
Comparative Examples: Tip Top Bakery, 170 Edward Street, Brunswick
Context: Located in a residential zone somewhat removed from the manufacturing district of Brunswick. Appears to be the result of an originally backyard workshop expanding to a major works.
Comparative analysis: The use of large brick planes and curves detailed in contrasting brick appears in a number of factories from this period, the most prominent being Olympic tyre and Rubber in west Footscray. The Steel Company of Australia in Frith Street, Brunswick is also comparable.Heritage Study and Grading
Moreland - City of Moreland Heritage Review
Author: Allen Lovell and Associates
Year: 1999
Grading: LocalMoreland - Keeping Brunswick's heritage: A Report on the Review of the Brunswick Conservation Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 1990
Grading:Moreland - Northern Suburbs Factory Study
Author: Vines, G and M, Churchward
Year: 1992
Grading:
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