Glenroy Primary School No. 3118
54 Wheatsheaf Road, Glenroy VIC 3046 - Property No 53176
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Statement of Significance
The Glenroy Primary School (No. 3118), comprising the original 1927 red brick school building, rotunda (c.1927) and mature remnant trees, located in Wheatsheaf Road, Glenroy.
How is it significant?
The Glenroy Primary School (No. 3118) is of local historic significance to the City of Moreland and is an intact representative example of its typology.
Why is it significant?
The School is of historic significance, for its provision of primary-level education in the Glenroy area on the same site for nearly one hundred years. (AHC Criterion A.4)
The School is representative of its type with an intactness portrayed through its retention of a largely intact inter-war primary school building, with a contemporary timber shelter shed, and a number of mature remnant trees including two sugar gums and a number of peppercorns trees. (AHC Criterion D.2)
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Glenroy Primary School No. 3118 - Physical Description 1
The Glenroy Primary School No. 3118, constructed in 1927, is a single storey red brick inter-war school building with a terracotta tiled hipped roof. Windows are multi-paned double hung sashes with smaller multi-paned windows under the eave line. Internally, the school building retains intact features such as glazed bifold internal dividing doors and angled blackboards.
The school site also retains a small timber shelter shed (rotunda), rectangular in plan, with a hipped corrugated iron roof. Also, other buildings including prefabricated classrooms (early 1950s), infant's block (1955), speech therapy building (1960s) and a senior block (1962).
There are also a number of mature trees including two sugar gums (Eucalyptus cladocalyx) and a number of peppercorn trees (Schinus molle var. areira).Glenroy Primary School No. 3118 - Physical Conditions
Good
Glenroy Primary School No. 3118 - Integrity
Minor Modifications
Heritage Study and Grading
Moreland - Moreland City Council: Local Heritage Places Review
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2004
Grading: Local
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