Former Gilbey's Gin Factory, 33 Rosslyn Street, West Melbourne, 37-49 Milton Street, West Melbourne
Allom Lovell & Associates, 1981-2005Jul-99
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Former Gilbey's Gin Factory, 33 Rosslyn Street, West Melbourne, 37-49 Milton Street, West Melbourne
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Jul-99
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BIF-NORTH 568043 576966
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Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
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Grading as at 1999 : DPeriod : Inter war (1927-1928)This factory first appears in the Sands & McDougall directory for 1928, listed only as a 'factory being built' on the corner of Milton and Rosslyn Streets, West Melbourne. The following year, the address is listed as 29-31 Rosslyn Street, and the occupant as W & A Gilbey Ltd, bottling establishment. This firm, famous as distillers of gin, continued to occupy the factory until the late 1950s. It was then taken over by Southdown Press, a publishing firm who were responsible for many popular magazines of the day including the Australian Journal, New Idea, Movie Life and TV Week.It is a three-storey rendered brick inter-War factory with a small attic storey at the corner forming a tower. Windows are variously double-hung sashes or multi-paned fixed sashes. The stark walls are relieved at ground level by a prominent stringcourse, and by a central entrance to Rosslyn Street which has a moulded hood. At parapet level, there are moulded panels which contain signage, and the attic storey has a heavy bracketed cornice.This former Gilbey's Gin factory is of local historical and aesthetic interest, being representative of the phase of light industrial development which took place in West Melbourne during the inter-War period. Its specific association with Gilbey's Ltd, a prominent firm of distillers, is also of some interest. Aesthetically, it is typical of the stripped Classical style frequently used for large buildings in the 1920s. Prominently sited on a corner, it is an important element in two streetscapes.
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