HOUSE AND FORMER BAKERY
4 WEERONA AVENUE, BENDIGO, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
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Statement of Significance
The bakery is aesthetically significant as a substantial random rubble sandstone structure, and for its large cast iron fronted ‘Acme’ baker’s oven. The bakery has been altered through its integration with the house, with the addition of a side verandah, changes to windows and doors, and internal alterations, but the stone walls still demonstrate the structure and extent of the bakery. The house, dating from 1878 and featuring sash windows with sidelights, a panelled front door with top light, verandah and a pair of face brick chimneys, is significant as for its association with the bakery and as a contributory element in the streetscape. (Criterion E)
The site also has long associations with the Beischer family, who passed down the business in a consistent chain of ownership to 1957, lasting almost 100 years. The Beischers were well known in the Bendigo community and their bakery was an important industry in Irishtown. (Criterion H)
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HOUSE AND FORMER BAKERY - Physical Description 1
The property comprising a residence and former bakery operated by German migrant Wilhelm Frederick Beischer in 1858 at 4 Weeroona Avenue (formerly White Hills Road) North Bendigo is located between the Bendigo Gasworks site and the Tyson's Reef Hotel (formerly the Bakery Arms Hotel). The property comprises a rendered brick residence at the front of the site, together with the stone bakery sited behind. Two additional timber outbuildings are also located at the rear of the property.
The Victorian house fronts Weeroona Avenue and has a hip roof and return verandah. A modern steel palisade and brick fence has been built fronting Weeroona Street. The Victorian house at 4 Weeroona has a central front door and a pair of sash windows with sidelights. A pair of brick and render chimneys balances the composition. The front door is four panelled and has a top and sidelights.
The bakery is built of sandstone in a random rubble pattern and has been altered in internally with the space subdivided, however the roof structure shows that it was designed to be spanned across one space. The sandstone section has undergone a number of changes through the addition of windows and a verandah that returns down the side. It has a large baker's oven branded 'The Acme'. The bakery has been integrated with the house by the addition of a glass roofed structure linking the two parts.
The outbuildings include a brick and timber garage with timber doors and windows into the roof space. Another small timber outbuilding looks as if it was a second house on the site and appears to date from the 1930s.
A contemporary two storey house occupies the site of 4A Weeroona Avenue. Although this is on the same site as 4 Weeroona it is located toward the rear, and set behind a high brick fence and is visually separated.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Bendigo - White Hills & East Bendigo Heritage Study 2016
Author: Context P/L
Year: 2015
Grading: Local
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