Telecom site and fmr aircraft factory

Author

City of Bayswater

Place Number

11344

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Location

15 Crowther St Bayswater

Location Details

Cnr Garratt Rd

Local Government

Bayswater

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1942

Demolition Year

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	24 Feb 1998	Classification 5	Classification 5 These sites do not have built features and includes parkland or environmental areas of significance. They also include sites which may have been demolished.
Local Heritage Survey	Adopted	25 Feb 2020	Classification 5	Classification 5 These sites do not have built features and includes parkland or environmental areas of significance. They also include sites which may have been demolished.

Statement of Significance

This site has now been demolished. This record is maintained for historical information purposes only.

Physical Description

The main factory buildings were of saw-toothed roof construction with corrugated iron roofing and fibre cement cladding above a low brick wall below window sill height. The casement windows in the side walls were arranged in groups of four, giving the effect of a continuous horizontal band.

History

This building is associated with Bayswater's role in the Second World War, as it was constructed by the Commonwealth Government during late 1942 to manufacture aircraft engines. Its placement between Garratt Road and Crowther Street is of interested, as the Roads Boards and local citizens strongly objected to its placement in the area that had been zoned 'Residential' under the first Town Planning Scheme of 1935. However, the Commonwealth was not bound by this local Scheme and proceeded with the venture. Complaints about the noise of aircraft engines being tested were many.

After the war, various uses were proposed for the building, including a technical college, but the Commonwealth decided to convert it to a factory for the production of PMG equipment. This use continued until the 1990s when the land was subdivided into the residential lots in Wotzko Court and Milne Street.

Condition

Site

Other Reference Numbers

Ref Number	Description
27	Local Heritage Survey

Place Type

Individual Building or Group

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	Transport\Communications	Air: Hangar
Present Use	Transport\Communications	Comms: Other

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Wall	ASBESTOS	Fibrous Cement, flat
Wall	BRICK	Common Brick
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron

Historic Themes

General	Specific
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS	Air transport

Creation Date

19 Mar 1998

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Last Update

30 Apr 2021

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