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Carlectrics Workshop, 156-164 Cardigan Street, Carlton

Allom Lovell & Associates, 1981-200501/07/1999

Record details

Title:

Creator:

Allom Lovell & Associates, 1981-2005 - 01 Jan 1999 - 31 Dec 1999

Date of work:

01/07/1999

Reference number:

BIF-CAR 101693

Level of description:

Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)

Type of materials:

Graphic materials

Part of:

Series: Carlton (BIF-CAR)

Access restrictions:

UnrestrictedOpen access.

Use restrictions:

UnrestrictedCity of Melbourne Libraries own image. Please contact City of Melbourne Libraries about obtaining permission to reproduce images.

General notes:

Period; Date: Inter-War; 1923Description: The former blacksmiths shop at 164-166 Cardigan Street is a single storey inter War rendered brick workshop with a hipped corrugated iron roof partly concealed by a low parapet. The facade is symmetrical, divided into three bays by wide piers with recessed panels. The central bay, containing a wide vehicular entry, has a stepped parapet and is flanked by two pairs of large steel framed windows with metal grilles.Significance: The building at 164-166 Cardigan Street, Carlton, is of local historical and aesthetic interest. Originally erected as a blacksmith's workshop, it provides evidence of a commercial activity that, by the 1920s was beginning to become obsolete with the advent of the motor car. Aesthetically, the building is a typical example of an inter-War commercial building in the restrained Classically-derived style of the time.

Names:

City of Melbourne

Topics:

Conservation studiesCarlton Conservation Study 1984Interwar period1920-1929

Places:

Carlton (Vic.)

Form/Genre:

Building Identification Forms (BIFs)

Record types:

Research and reports

Record number:

1186334