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Former Stawell Butter Factory and Ice Company, 1-3 Curtis Street corner Prince and Johnson Streets, STAWELL

Location

1-3 Curtis Street corner Prince and Johnson Streets STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Recommended for Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

The former Stawell Butter Factory and Ice Company buildings, 1-3 Curtis Street, Stawell are historically significant as one of the few surviving butter factory buildings in the Wimmera. Architecturally the charcoal lined timber buildings of 1894 gain significance by being one of the few remaining building of this type, once a common feature of the butter factories, in Victoria. Unremarkable in appearance, setting or technological importance, the buildings gain social significance through the long relationship with the Mitchell family, a prominent civic minded family of Stawell.

The former Stawell Butter Factory and Ice Company buildings, 1-3 Curtis Street, Stawell are architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a 19th century industrial building. These qualities include the single storey height; the U shaped building with gable roof forms; the corrugated iron roof cladding and the brick and weatherboard clad walls insulated with charcoal.

The former Stawell Butter Factory and Ice Company buildings, 1-3 Curtis Street, Stawell, is historically significant at a LOCAL level. The factory is one of the few surviving butter factory building in the Wimmera. The factory is also associated with George Mitchell are prominent citizen in Stawell.

Overall, The former Stawell Butter Factory and Ice Company buildings, 1-3 Curtis Street, Stawell are of LOCAL significance.

Group

Manufacturing and Processing

Category

Iceworks