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Former Keep Bros and Wood Factory, 55-67 Batman Street, West Melbourne

Allom Lovell & Associates, 1981-200501/01/1999

Record details

Title:

Creator:

Allom Lovell & Associates, 1981-2005

Date of work:

01/01/1999

Reference number:

BIF-NORTH 100851

Level of description:

Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)

Type of materials:

Graphic materialsTextual material

Part of:

Series: North Melbourne and West Melbourne (BIF-NORTH)

Access restrictions:

UnrestrictedOpen access.

Use restrictions:

UnrestrictedPlease contact City of Melbourne Libraries about obtaining permission to reproduce images.

General notes:

Grading as at 1999: Upgraded fro E to DPeriod: Edwardian/Federation, construction date c1910This building is a four-storey Edwardian warehouse built to the property line. Walls are of red face brick with part-rendered spandrel panels and lintels. The transverse gabled corrugated galvanised steel roof is concealed behind a rendered pedimented parapet bearing the words KEEP BROS AND WOOD PTY LTD in raised rendered lettering. The façade is divided into bays by giant order red brick piers. The windows are timber-framed double-hung sashes, with pairs in the top corners having arched heads. It is of local historical and aesthetic interest. Historically, the building is representative of the substantial industrial buildings which were constructed in West Melbourne in the early twentieth century. Aesthetically, the building is a substantially intact example of an Edwardian industrial building on an impressive scale, and which is a dominant element in the streetscape.

Names:

City of Melbourne

Topics:

Conservation studiesNorth and West Melbourne Conservation StudyFederation/Edwardian style1900-1909FactoriesCity of Melbourne Heritage Review 1999

Places:

West Melbourne (Vic.)

Form/Genre:

Building Identification Forms (BIFs)

Record types:

Images, maps and artefacts

Record number:

1179898