City of Melbourne Electric Supply Station, 12-14 Guildford Lane, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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City of Melbourne Electric Supply Station, 12-14 Guildford Lane, Melbourne
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1985
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BIF-CITY 110991
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Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
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Series: Central City (BIF-CITY)
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2024:__________________________________________________DATE: 1930-1935;ASSOCIATIONS: City of Melbourne;DESIGNER: City of Melbourne CITY ARCHITECTPeriod: Inter-War________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM cites source 82___________________________YUNCKEN FREEMAN ARCHITECTS P/L 1976.. HISTORIC BUILDINGS PRESERVATION COUNCIL MELBOURNE CBD STUDY AREA 5(source 82)___________________________Victorian Heritage Inventory H7822-1041Laneway pattern developed by 1855. Progressive development of adjacent allotments shown on 1866 map and 1880 Panorama.1905 - single storey buildings and wood yard.___________________________CONTEXT (WITH GJM HERITAGE) 2020, HODDLE GRID HERITAGE REVIEWCOMPARATIVE ANALYSIS (23-25 George Parade )The earliest substations were small scaled buildings with their importance not necessarily reflected in their design. The expansion of electricity supply in the interwar period reflected the importance of this new type of industrial building and efforts were made to produce designs that reflected their location and the importance of their function. Substations benefited from the philosophy that saw industrial uses as worthy recipients of design inspiration as a way of celebrating the new development of electricity. Electrical substations across Melbourne show a variety of architectural styles, generally reflecting the civic and urban design concerns of the municipal electricity supply departments, the earlier electric companies and the role of the SEC. Pavilion styles proliferate in parkland areas of the Domain and the Fitzroy Gardens. Substations in urban streetscapes tend to exhibit more austere modernist features or simply adhere to a functional industrial aesthetic or a simple gable roofed ‘shed’. Even in the more austere examples there is generally brickwork detail and care taken in their massing and composition (Biosis,2007:19-25).A large portion of the first power station erected by Melbourne City Council at 651-669 Lonsdale Street is included on the Heritage Overlay (HO737). This complex comprises the surviving remnants of the power station erected in 1894 to power electric lighting in the streets. Several other buildings used as substations are within existing or proposed precinct HOs.The following examples are comparable with the subject building, being of a similar style, scale and construction date, although their original uses vary. The images and descriptions are provided by CoM Maps unless stated otherwise, with images dated c2000 or later. ...12-14 Guildford Lane, 1920s (Contributory in HO1205 Guildford & Hardware Laneways Precinct)It is a single-storey brick electricity substation built in the 1920s.Figure 6. 12-14 Guildford Lane, constructed c 1920....23-25 George Parade is one of several smaller substations within the City of Melbourne, including 28 Crossley Street, 21 Market Lane and 12-14 Guildford Lane. These substations share a common history in the development of electricity supply in the City of Melbourne and share an industrial aesthetic that contributes to the richness of building form and scale in the Hoddle Grid. 23-25 George Parade is of later construction than these examples and demonstrates an art deco aesthetic. The building remains legible and has a high level of integrity in both form and use...23-25 George Parade is one of several interwar substations, including 28 Crossley Street, 21 Market Lane and 12-14 Guildford Lane. These buildings share an industrial aesthetic that contributes to the richness of building form and small scale within the Hoddle Grid, sharing this scale with 27 George Parade. 23-25 George Parade is distinguished by its art deco aesthetic as a result of its later date of construction compared with the above examples. Its attributes include red brick walls and stucco mouldings above the door openings, a carefully composed pattern of openings across the façade, a decorative stepped parapet with a dark brick motif in moulded brickwork. The substation is enhanced by a high level of integrity and is legible as a modest industrial building in a laneway landscape. (Criterion D)Primary sourceHoddle Grid Heritage Review (Context & GJM Heritage, 2020.___________________________LOVELL CHEN 2017. GUILDFORD & HARDWARE LANEWAYS PRECINCT - PRECINCT CITATIONLOVELL CHEN 2016, GUILDFORD AND HARDWARE LANE HERITAGE STUDYGuildford and Hardware Laneways Precinct Property Schedule12-14 Guildford Lane C Contributory Single storey interwar factory___________________________NEWSPAPERS:1927https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/108990188More than £15,000 worth of damage was caused by a recent fire which destroyed a furniture factory in Guildford Lane, Melbourne, owned'by H. A. Blanchflower (20?).....1947see https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206042062 .(for example)ERECTION of a Large Reinforced Concrete and Steel Underground ELECTRIC SUPPLY SUB-STATION,Rusaell-place.Plana, Specification. Quantities and Tender Form.CITY ARCHITECT'S OFFICE,4th Floor. TOWN HALL.Preliminary Deposit 2.1/2 Per Cent.,Cash or Bank Drait.Quantities Prepared by F. T. King...________________________DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1935GUILDFORD LA—N SIDESutherland st2 Eejab Manfg Co, motor accessrs16 M.C.C. Electric Supply Station.1930GUILDFORD LA—N SIDESutherland st16-18 Bulk store20-22 Branchfiower, H. A., furniture manufacturer.1925GUILDFORD LA—N SIDESutherland atAlford. John, copper boiler maker16-18 Chocolate Bowl Pty Ltd, confry mnfrs
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