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Lofts Blacksmiths (Former)

Location

519 Melbourne Road NEWPORT, Hobsons Bay City

Level

Rec for other form of protection

Statement of Significance

What is Significant?

The Lofts Blacksmiths (former), constructed in 1920, at 519 Melbourne Road, Newport.

How is it Significant?

The Lofts Blacksmiths (former) at 519 Melbourne Road, Newport is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay.

Why is it Significant?

Historically, it is significant as a rare surviving example of a blacksmiths premise and for its long association with the locally prominent Loft family. (AHC criteria A4 and G1)

Aesthetically, it is significant as a rare and externally intact example of a small Interwar industrial building (AHC criterion E1)

Group

Residential buildings (private)

Category

House