BRUNSWICK TECHNICAL SCHOOL (FORMER)
49 Dawson Street, Brunswick VIC 3056 - Property No 5720
Brickworks and Barry Street
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Statement of Significance
One of many technical schools established in industrial suburbs, it played a critical role in the education of apprentices for local industries. It was involved in the teaching of many industrial skills, including pottery, which was of particular relevance to Brunswick. The school was the oldest State secondary school in Brunswick. The school also derives Significance from its associations with Percy Everett, its first principal. Everett later became the influential Chief Architect of the Public Works Department.
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BRUNSWICK TECHNICAL SCHOOL (FORMER) - Physical Description 1
The former Brunswick Technical School is a two and three storey brick building. The walls are of face red brick, and the gabled roof now clad in Zincalume decking. The building has a stepped front facade, with the central section rising to a triangular pediment with a narrow ventilating slot. Banks of timber-framed double-hung sash windows sit between brick piers. Beneath the parapet is a dentilated string course. A freestanding two storey building further east in Dawson Street (1939?) is of face brick with white-painted rendered parapet coping and windows dressings. The banks of timber-framed double-hung sash windows with fixed highlights are separated by highly abstracted filleted pilaster strips.
Key Architectural Elements: face red brick walls with brick parapet copings, window heads and sills
timber-framed windows between shallow brick pilaster strips
Conservation Guidelines: reinstate original roofing material
reinstate fences to original design(s)
Principal Historic Themes: provision of educationHeritage 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
Author: Allen Lovell and Associates
Year: 1999
Grading:
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FORMER HOFFMAN BRICKWORKSVictorian Heritage Register H0703
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CHRIST CHURCHVictorian Heritage Register H0129
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NOCKLOFTYVictorian Heritage Register H0456
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