CHARLES STEELE & CO. FACTORY (FORMER)
9-27 MICHAEL STREET,, BRUNSWICK VIC 3056 - Property No 5900
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Statement of Significance
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CHARLES STEELE & CO. FACTORY (FORMER) - Physical Description 1
The building at 21 Michael Street is a double-storey brick factory in the Streamlined Moderne style. The roof behind the parapet of the two storey portion is low pitched corrugated steel, while the single-storey section has a corrugated steel sawtooth form which continues over the factory behind. The elongated asymmetrical facade is divided by a vertical "skyscraper" element to the stair and entry. This vertical element is rendered concrete and has vertical fin mouldings, a long narrow window to the stair, a flagpole and a cantilevered canopy over the entry. Bays of aluminium-framed fixed and awning sashes have replaced the original steel-framed windows. The clinker brickwork is delineated by banding of recessed red and cream brick.
The aluminium-framed front entry doors have a decorative steel security grille door with Art Deco motifs. The entry steps and foyer are terrazzo. The building has been altered at the north-east corner where there is a change in the colour of the brickwork and a different arrangement of windows. A row of large piers and an external wall are located internally at the point where the building may have once finished, further evidence of alterations. A saw tooth roof single storey factory space extends behind the office.
Context:
One of a number of factories adjacent to the Upfield railway line.
Condition and integrity:
In good condition and substantially intact to the 1940s remodeling of the works.
Key Architectural Elements:
Asymmetrical massing of strong horizontal and vertical elements
Ribbon banding of windows and polychromatic brick coursing
Emphasis of entry and stair with vertical skyscraper form with Art Deco motifs
Conservation Guidelines:
Remove intrusive signage banners from facade
Comparative Examples:
Tip Top Bakery, 170 Edward Street, Brunswick (c.1940)
former Lincoln Knitting Mills, 82-92 Gaffney Street, Coburg (c.1940)
former Lincoln Knitting Mills, 37-43 Munro Street, Coburg (1936)
former Spicer Paper Mills, 1-9 Moreland Road, Coburg (1940)
It is also stylistically similar to the Union Mills in Coburg and similar in terms of an old industrial complex remodeled for a new use, it compares with Latoof and Calil in Brunswick Road.Heritage Study and Grading
Moreland - Keeping Brunswick's heritage: A Report on the Review of the Brunswick Conservation Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 1990
Grading: LocalMoreland - City of Moreland Heritage Review. Additional Building Citations
Author: Allen Lovell and Associates
Year: 2001
Grading:Moreland - Northern Suburbs Factory Study
Author: Vines, G and M, Churchward
Year: 1992
Grading:Moreland - Moreland City Council: Local Heritage Places Review
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2004
Grading:
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BRUNSWICK FIRE STATION AND FLATSVictorian Heritage Register H0916
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IRON HOUSEVictorian Heritage Register H0665
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FORMER HOFFMAN BRICKWORKSVictorian Heritage Register H0703
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