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Victorian Railways Spotswood Stores Branch Complex
LocationMcLister Street SPOTSWOOD, Hobsons Bay City LevelIncl in HO area contributory |
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Statement of Significance
What is Significant?
The Victorian Railways Stores complex, comprising the Stores & Offices buildings designed by James Fawcett and constructed in 1924-27 and associated mature trees including the two Canary Island Palms, Pepper Trees and Poplars, at McLister Street, Spotswood. The Victorian Railways Stores complex at McLister Street, Spotswood is of local historic, social and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay. Historically, it is significant for its strong associations with the Victorian Railways as one of a number of major complexes established in Newport and Spotswood during the Edwardian and Interwar period. It illustrates the important influence that the Victorian Railways had upon the development of Spotswood. (AHC criteria A4 and H1) Socially, it is significant for its associations with the Spotswood community as a major employer over a long period (AHC criterion H1) Aesthetically, it is significant as an intact Interwar office complex, which is a fine example of railway architecture during the Interwar period by the Victorian Railways chief architect, James Fawcett. It is enhanced by a related Interwar landscape setting to McLister Street. (AHC criteria E1 and F1)
Group
Transport - Rail
Category
Railway Office