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Brunswick Electricity Supply Substations Serial Listing

Location 10 Dawson Street and 425B Victoria Street and 7 Methven Street and 339 Albion Street and 119 Brunswick Road and 188 Brunswick Road and Colebrook Street and 24 Gray Street and 14 Frith Street and 2 Russel Street and 25A Stewart Street and 2A Walker Street BRUNSWICK and 318-324 Lygon Street and 59 Ryan Street BRUNSWICK EAST, MORELAND CITY Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/14] 119 Brunswick Road, Brunswick [2/14] 2A Walker Street, Brunswick - [3/14] 10 Dawson Street, Brunswick [4/14] 425B Victoria Street, [5/14] 7 Methven Street, Brunswick [6/14] 339 Albion Street, Brunswick [7/14] 318-324 Lygon Street, [8/14] 188 Brunswick Road, Brunswick [9/14] Colebrook Street, Brunswick [10/14] 24 Gray Street, Brunswick [11/14] 14 Frith Street, Brunswick [12/14] 2 Russell Street, Brunswick [13/14] 25A Stewart Street, Brunswick [14/14] 59 Ryan Street, Brunswick East

Statement of Significance

• Gabled type: six substations at 425B Victoria Street, 7 Methven Street (Methven Park), 339 Albion Street, Colebrook Street, 25A Stewart Street, and 59 Ryan Street. These substations have a steeply pitched gabled roof with projecting eaves with louvred vents in the gable end and (originally) timber doors in the end or side walls. At Methven Park the gable end vents are augmented by metal chimneys with rotating cowls directed by arrow design weather vanes, whilst Victoria Park, Stewart Street and Ryan Street have box ventilators with louvred vents and gabled roofs that sit astride the roof gable;
• Hipped type: two substations at 188 Brunswick Road and 2A Walker Street. These appear to date from the 1920s and have hipped roofs with deep eaves that are surmounted by a ventilation box. At Brunswick Road this has a distinctive bellcast roof with a finial, while at Walker Street the box has a flat circular roof; and
• Parapet type: two substations at 14 Frith Street (faces Howarth Street) and 2 Russell Street. Constructed during the 1930s these have brick parapeted walls that conceal a hipped roof. Frith Street retains the distinctive ventilation box/tower with hipped roof positioned at angle to the front, whilst there is none at Russell Street. Frith Street is also distinguished by the decorative brick corbelling to the parapet and diaper patterns to the walls. At Russell Street there are also decorative crosses and a label mould above the door, but the effect is diminished by the overpainting of the walls.

• Main Substation at 119 Brunswick Road. This substation is a rectangular building, two storeys in height, constructed of red brick with a band of manganese bricks in a stepped line below the rendered gable end, which contains the words 'CITY OF BRUNSWICK ELECTRIC SUPPLY' in faded painted lettering. Manganese bricks also form two pilasters, which flank the central oversized timber door;
• Main substation '1' or 'A' at 10-14 Dawson Street. This is a rendered building with parapeted walls and triangular pediment with projecting brick courses. The timber entry doors are placed off-centre in the front wall;
• Temple Park substation at 24 Gray Street. L-shaped in plan, this forms part of a building that also contains public conveniences. The substation section has a gabled roof with a large louvred box ventilator, also with a gabled roof, astride the ridge. The double timber entry doors are flanked by high set windows; and
• Baby Health Centre substation at 318-324 Lygon Street. Situated at the rear of the Streamlined Moderne baby health centre, this is a gabled building with cream brick parapeted walls with rendered capping and triangular pediments at either end. The walls have high set slot openings containing glass bricks.

Group

Utilities - Electricity

Category

Electricity Transformer/Substation