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PRESTON PRIMARY SCHOOL No.1494

Other Name

Preston North Primary School No.1494

Location

240 TYLER STREET, PRESTON, DAREBIN CITY

Level

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Preston Primary School, 240

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The Preston (North) Primary School No.1494 at 240 Tyler Street, Preston constructed in two stages in 1922 and 1926 is significant.The design is typical of 1920s schools and uses face red brick with rendered detail, tall multi-paned windows arranged in groups, and a hipped terracotta tile roof with several tall brick chimneys with rendered tops and terracotta pots. A rendered panel adjacent to the entrance has the name of the school.

Later alterations and additions to the 1920s buildings and other buildings on the site are not significant.

How is it significant?
The Preston (North) Primary School No.1494 at 240 Tyler Street, Preston is of local historic, architectural and social significance to Darebin City.

Why is it significant?
Historically, the Preston (North) Primary School No.1494 is significant as the second state primary school to open in Preston. The 1920s buildings illustrate the strong growth experienced in Preston during the inter-war period. (AHC criteria A.4, D.2)

The Preston (North) Primary School No.1494 is architecturally significant as a representative example of an inter-war Education Department school complex. (AHC criterion D.2)

Socially, the Preston (North) Primary School No.1494 is significant as an educational facility that has been known, used and valued by the Preston community for over 130 years. (AHC Criteria G.1)

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