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SHOPS
Location349-355 KEILOR ROAD, ESSENDON, MOONEE VALLEY CITY LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant? The shops are a two-storey brick terrace. All shops have intact
shopfronts with Roman bricks to the stallboards and piers, recessed
entries, chrome-metal framed shop windows, and ribbed-glass
highlights. They share a continuous cantilevered verandah. The first
floor level is constructed with cream brick between the windows and
clinker brick above with a dog-tooth frieze at the top of the parapet.
Nos. 351 and 355 retain timber-framed windows with sashes around a
fixed pane. All windows have shallow concrete hoods. The two outer
shops are set off by short brick piers. Later alterations and additions are not of heritage significance.
How is it significant?
Why is it significant? The shops are of architectural historical interest for their
associations with the architectural practice Gawler, Churcher & Blackett.
The shops at 349-355 Keilor Road, Essendon, are significant. They
were designed in 1948 by WAM Blackett of architectural practice
Blackett, Churcher & Blackett, but only completed in 1951.
The shops are of local architectural significance to the City of
Moonee Valley.
They are architecturally significant as representative post-war
shops constructed as part of the development of Keilor Road after
World War II. In the area they are distinguished by their high level
of intactness, design interest created by a variety of cladding
materials, and their landmark quality due to the size of the row.
(Criterion D)
Group
Retail and Wholesale
Category
Shop