Plenty Hall, 103-107 Yan Yean Road, Plenty
103-107 Sheehan's Road, Bridge End, PLENTY VIC 3090
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Statement of Significance
HERITAGE VALUE 2005: Local
SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENT
What is significant?
Fabric associated with:
- the 1930s.
How is it significant?
Plenty Hall is locally significant historically and socially.
Why is it significant?
Plenty Hall is significant:
- for its long association with community gatherings, celebration and activities in the Plenty farming area, since its construction in the 1930s, and one of a group of much valued civic structures in the immediate area (Criterion A4, G1)
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Plenty Hall, 103-107 Yan Yean Road, Plenty - Physical Description 1
DESCRIPTION
This large gabled hall has weatherboarded (bullnose profile) cladding, chamfered boxed or slatted eaves (fire prevention), a new corrugated iron roof, and added skillion rooms to the north and west sides. Four timber famed windows are in the east wall and two in the south wall, along with the double entry doors. All windows have security screens. Inside the lower walls are lined with strap-jointed hardwood and fibre cement sheets, with plaster sheet above, and polished T&G boards for the floor. The ceiling (previously pitched?) is flat, flush plaster. Slatted bench seats or forms line most walls with an associated chair rail. Mot doors are flush panel (once ledged & braced, vertical boarded?).
Plenty Hall, 103-107 Yan Yean Road, Plenty - Physical Description 2
Integrity
Skillion form, weatherboard clad wings have been added to the north (two bays) and west sides (three bays), each with highlight window strips covered with security screens. Similar screens have been added to the main hall openings along with an open porch at the side entry. Precast concrete toilet block has been added to the north-west of the hall, 1960s, replacing the typical weatherboard clad type.
Inside the hall stage (used for concerts, dance bands) has been removed form the north end (termite attack) and the kitchen skillion refitted.
Plenty Hall, 103-107 Yan Yean Road, Plenty - Physical Description 3
Context
The hall is set beside a large car park, among gums, between the Plenty Park reserve and the Plenty State School: it is at the centre of the Plenty village. It was once a prominent focal point for travellers going west along the Van Yean Rd, until the construction of the fire brigade building.
Heritage Study and Grading
Nillumbik - C13 Heritage Stage 2 Final Report Revised Citation
Author: Graeme Butler and Assoc.
Year: 2001
Grading:
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RED CRAB MINEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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YAN YEAN ROAD 1Victorian Heritage Inventory
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Berry Street, Sutherland Child Youth and Family Services ComplexNillumbik Shire
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