William Peatt Boot Factory, Former
55 LANGRIDGE STREET,, COLLINGWOOD VIC 3066 - Property No 100940
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Statement of Significance
The following wording is from the Allom and Lovell Building Citation, 1998 for the property. Please note that this is a "Building Citation", not a "Statement of Significance". For further information refer to the Building Citation held by the City of Yarra.
History:
The factory at 55 Langridge Street, Collingwood, appears to be part of a complex built for William Peatt, a bootmaker, in 1906. Rate Books for 1905-07 record Peatt as the owner of a brick factory valued at ₤140, and an adjacent brick house (₤30), at Nos. 64 and 68 Wellington Street, at the south-east corner of Langridge Street. The pediment of the present building in Langridge Street bears the date 1906. The previous year, this site is shown as being occupied by three houses, at Nos. 64, 66 and 68. Peatt is also shown as the owner of a 5 room brick house at No. 13 (later No. 51) Langridge Street, adjacent to the extant factory building. Rate Books of 1909-10 show this house, adjacent to land measuring 33' by 39', owned by Hannah Bentick. From 1936-37, the Rate Books also show a brick factory, valued at ₤128; its address is 55-59 Langridge Street. By 1939-10, this building was valued at ₤160. This building may correspond with the eastern wing of the present building. This factory is not recorded in the Directories in Langridge Street, suggesting that Peatt's primary street address was originally Wellington Street.
Description:
The former William Peatt Boot Factory, at 55 Langridge Street, Collingwood, is a two storey red brick factory, built in two stages. The western section has a simple facade comprising four evenly spaced openings at each level. Window openings have shallow segmental-arched brick heads and rendered sills. The windows, which are multi-paned steel-framed with hopper openings, are not original; they may date from the time of construction of the eastern addition. There is an unpainted rendered string course at first floor level, and a prominent unpainted rendered parapet with a shallow cornice and a stepped, segmental pediment flanked by scrolls. The parapet bears the date, 1906, and the words W.M. PEATT BOOT MANUFACTURER AND IMPORTER.
The eastern section is a larger, but similarly composed, with four banks of twelve-pane steel framed windows at each level, as well as windows at street level, which presumably light a basement. At the western end, the single door opening has rendered quoining, and a bracketed, cantilevered rendered canopy. There is a timber panelled front door. There are wide, rendered lintels across the north elevation, and a rendered parapet with a cornice which matches that of the original building.
Significance:
The former William Peatt Boot Factory, 55 Langridge Street, Collingwood, is of local architectural significance. It is a substantially intact example of an early 20th century industrial building, and one of a large number of boot factories which typified manufacturing in Collingwood in the Victorian and Edwardian periods. The building is a simple classically derived design, retaining intact its original signage on the parapet.
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William Peatt Boot Factory, Former - Physical Description 2
now part 61-75?
William Peatt Boot Factory, Former - Physical Description 1
The former William Peatt Boot Factory, at 55 Langridge Street, Collingwood, is a two storey red brick factory, built in two stages. The western section has a simple facade comprising four evenly spaced openings at each level. Window openings have shallow segmental-arched brick heads and rendered sills. The windows, which are multi-paned steel-framed with hopper openings, are not original; they may date from the time of construction of the eastern addition. There is an unpainted rendered string course at first floor level, and a prominent unpainted rendered parapet with a shallow cornice and a stepped, segmental pediment flanked by scrolls. The parapet bears the date, 1906, and the words Window. M. PEATT BOOT MANUFACTURER AND IMPORTER.
The eastern section is a larger, but similarly composed, with four banks of twelve-pane steel framed windows at each level, as well as windows at street level, which presumably light a basement. At the western end, the single door opening has rendered quoining, and a bracketed, cantilevered rendered canopy. There is a timber panelled front door. There are wide, rendered lintels across the north elevation, and a rendered parapet with a cornice which matches that of the
original building.William Peatt Boot Factory, Former - Integrity
not assessed
Heritage Study and Grading
Yarra - City of Collingwood Conservation Study
Author: Andrew Ward & Associates
Year: 1989
Grading: ContributoryYarra - City of Collingwood Conservation Study
Author: Andrew Ward & Associates
Year: 1995
Grading:Yarra - City of Yarra Heritage Review
Author: Allom Lovell & Associates
Year: 1998
Grading: LocalYarra - City of Yarra Review of Heritage Overlay Areas
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 2007
Grading: Local
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