330 Hampshire Road, SUNSHINE VIC 3020 - Property No 56
File Number
1791
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Included in Heritage Overlay
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1791 - Brimbank City Council
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Site 056 - Sunshine
Statement of Significance
Statement of Significance
Sunshine Metropolitan Fire Station and flats complex is significant to the City of Brimbank as one of the more ornate and well-preserved public buildings in the City. The complex relates to the Hampshire Road 1920s offices of H.V. McKay, and the demolished Sunshine Post Office. Along with these and other public and commercial buildings in Sunshine's centre, the Fire Station represents the dramatic period of growth and development, in both industrial and residential areas in what was then an outer satellite suburb. The Georgian revival style gives the building some distinction among the generally unembellished industrial and residential properties around it. Architecturally, the complex is also one of a group of utility buildings designed by the renowned commercial architect, Cedric Ballantyne. Because of its good state of preservation, it is an excellent example of his work and compares favourably to other fire stations across Victoria from the inter-war period.
