Spicers Paper Mills
1 Moreland Road, Coburg VIC 3056 - Property No 20677
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Statement of Significance
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Spicers Paper Mills - Physical Description 1
Spicer's Paper Mills comprises a complex of brick factory buildings including a two and three storey office, two story processing building and single storey saw tooth roof factory. The facade curves around from Murray Road to present a Southern and Western aspect. This is constructed in the Dutch Modernist style in cream brick with a white string course above the first floor windows and white rendered framing around the ground floor windows. The entrance is on a curved corner with a glazed tile surround and deeply recessed door surmounted by a verandah. The building sits on an elevated platform with a brick retaining wall along the street edge. The fall in the land from west to east provides for a basement floor on the east side. Windows are metal glazed with hopper sash openings. A four storey tower behind the entrance is in the form of an airport control tower and is surmounted by a flagpole. Behind this facade the remainder of the factory is in an unexceptional red brick saw tooth roof building. Additions to the factory such as the loading bay and canopy have been executed in a sympathetic style although they obscure part of the original 1940s facade.
Context:
Adjacent to the Merri Creek, which may have been a water supply to the factory or, more likely, a drain, considering the polluted state of the creek at that time. Also nearby is the large Hilton textile mill.
Condition and integrity:
In good condition, but extensively altered with the addition of new structures along the western side.
Comparative analysis:
A few large industrial complexes have employed the Dutch Modernist style. Local examples include the additions to Lincoln Mills in Coburg and the Tip Top factory in Brunswick.Heritage Study and Grading
Moreland - City of Coburg Heritage Conservation & Streetscape Study
Author: Timothy Hubbard Pty Ltd
Year: 1991
Grading: StateMoreland - City of Moreland Heritage Review
Author: Allen Lovell and Associates
Year: 1999
Grading:Moreland - Northern Suburbs Factory Study
Author: Vines, G and M, Churchward
Year: 1992
Grading:
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK BRICKWORKSVictorian Heritage Inventory
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EARLY HOUSE, THORNBURYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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Donald StreetMerri-bek City
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