West End Market
McIntyre Road, ALBION VIC 3020 - Property No 67
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Statement of Significance
Statement of Significance
This much-altered remnant of the former Wunderlich factory is of local importance as one of the few remaining factories of the 1920s in the Albion area. It represents the once-flourishing 'Garden Industrial' development which H.V. McKay promoted around his Sunshine Harvester Works. Other nearby factories of the period which also featured landscaped grounds included Ajax Nettlefold and Spaldings, but these have been entirely demolished in recent years. Wunderlich is also of local significance as a major manufacturer of building components for the residential boom of the 1920s. Wunderlich terracotta and cement tiles, cement sheets and pressed metal wall and ceiling linings became the standard in many 1920s and 30s bungalows. Wunderlich products were used in many local houses of the period.-
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West End Market - Physical Description 1
Description
Extensive steel and timber-framed factory with multiple gable, clad in plain brick facade with pilasters framing the windows (steel frames now replaced with sheet glass). Circular vents with louvers give some relief to the large brick area of the gables. Brick structures converted for retail use, long corrugated iron-roofed wing at the rear - reclad and new windows to the side.West End Market - Physical Conditions
Condition/integrity
While the building has been substantially altered to accommodate the new retailing functions, the facade retains much of its original form, and a substantial part of the timber and iron-framed factory building has been retained, although reclad in modern corrugated sheet and steel decking.West End Market - Historical Australian Themes
3 Developing local, regional and national economies
3.13 Developing an Australian manufacturing capacityHeritage Study and Grading
Brimbank - Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Study
Author: G. Vines
Year: 2000
Grading: LocalBrimbank - Melbourne Western Region Industrial Heritage Study
Author: G. Vines & A. Ward
Year: 1989
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