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BRUNSWICK GAS & COKE CO. RETORT BUILDING (FORMER)

Other Name

Craig & Seeley, Factory

Location

21-35 HOPE STREET, and 2-10 LUX WAY, BRUNSWICK, MORELAND CITY

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

This place is included on the Victorian Heritage Register (H2027), as aplace of State significance. Please refer to the VHR place record forthe statement of significance for this place.

The local statement of significance is as follows:

The former gas retort building in Hope Street, Brunswick, is oflocalhistorical and architectural Significance. It is the onlyremainingstructure of the former Brunswick Gas and Coke Company works,which wasinstrumental in the manufacture and distribution of gas toBrunswickfrom 1891. The site retains its associations with the gasindustry.Architecturally, the gas retort building is distinctive inthesimplicity of its form, but its impact and Significance havebeenlessened by the construction of other buildings surrounding it.

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