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PASCOE VALE PRIMARY SCHOOL NO.3081

Location

362-364 GAFFNEY STREET, PASCOE VALE, MORELAND CITY

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The Pascoe Vale Primary School No.3081 at 362-364 Gaffney Street. The two storey building, designed by the Public Works Department under the direction of E. Evan Smith and opened in 1929, is significant. The original form, external detailing and materials and the high integrity of the building when viewed from Gaffney Street is integral to its significance.

Other buildings, structures (including the war memorial) and trees on the site are not significant.

How is it significant?
Pascoe Vale Primary School No.3081 is of local historic, architectural and social significance to the City of Moreland.

Why is it significant?
Pascoe Vale Primary School is of historic significancefor its associations with the development of educational facilities after World War I both in its role as a primary school and as a training facility for CoburgTeachers' College.It is also significant as tangible evidence of the suburban development of Pascoe Vale after World War I and as a facility that encouraged further development of the suburb in the decades afterwards. It is socially significant for its strong associations with the local community as a place of state education for local families for almost a century. (Criteria A & G)

Pascoe Vale Primary School is architecturally and aesthetically significant as a fine example of neo-Classical school design by the Chief Architect of the Public Works Department (1922-29) E. Evan Smith. The two-storey red brick building displays a high quality of detailing in the moulded wall surfaces, multi-paned sash windows, entry porch and half glazed doors. It represents a level of design sophistication by providing excellent conditions for learning. E. Evan Smith's architecture of generous spaces, light and ventilation is evident in the Pascoe Vale Primary School. (Criteria D & E)

Group

Education

Category

School - State (public)