Foy & Gibson Powerhouse and Motor Garage, Former
95-101 Oxford Street, COLLINGWOOD VIC 3066 - Property No 283005
Collingwood Slope Precinct
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Statement of Significance
This property is on the Victorian Heritage Register - H897.
For more information on this property, refer to the Victorian Heritage Register information.
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Foy & Gibson Powerhouse and Motor Garage, Former - Physical Description 2
A= Pitt, William; property number from GIS
Foy & Gibson Powerhouse and Motor Garage, Former - Physical Description 1
A two level red brick former power house and workshops with 8.5 bays to Oxford Street and raised stuccoed central parapeted section, pilasters, "F & G" wall vents and cornice all conforming to the standard Foy and Gibson's details. Inside, the former power house consists of the bunker chamber (bunkers removed) at the north end, boiler house (later Foy and Gibson's motor garage?) and engine room. The former engine room has metal gable trusses, carried on m.s. columns with gantry, brick walls and brick pavement with tiled section (turbo-alternator (?) area) and varnished timber linings above. A timber staircase with turned balusters provides access to a perimeter gallery, now largely occupied by office space. The former boiler house is also steel framed with lantern over.
A 15 ton weighbridge manufactured by the Australian Standard Scale Company (ASCO) is located in Oxford Street outside the power house, and is controlled from an office within the main building, facing the weighbridge and having easement windows to permit communication with lorry drivers. It is generally known to have been used for weighing trucks carrying wool for the mills and coal for the power house.Heritage Study and Grading
Yarra - City of Collingwood Conservation Study
Author: Andrew Ward & Associates
Year: 1989
Grading: StateYarra - City of Collingwood Conservation Study
Author: Andrew Ward & Associates
Year: 1995
Grading: StateYarra - City of Yarra Heritage Review
Author: Allom Lovell & Associates
Year: 1998
Grading:Yarra - City of Yarra Review of Heritage Overlay Areas
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 2007
Grading: Local
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