HERITAGE CITATION REPORT Name SPC Limited Address Andrew Fairley Avenue SHEPPARTON Significance Level B Place Type Factory/ Plant Citation Date 2004 Main Factory Building (c.1960 addition) Recommended VHR No HI - PS Yes Heritage Protection History and Historical Context The Shepparton Fruit Preserving Company (now known as SPC Ardmona) was formed in 1917. Production in the first year reached 432,000 tins. The original weatherboard building was described in the Shepparton Advertiser, in February 1918 as 'A great big building towering over everything else in the locality'. The company became the largest canner of fruit in Australia. New refrigerated cool stores were constructed in 1925, enabling the company to substantially increase its output. An office/administration building was erected in c.1927. By 1932-33, output had risen to 10,751,484 cans per annum. In 1934 more cool stores were built, designed by architects Twentyman & Askew. By 1939 the facilities had expanded to cover 12 acres of the existing 24 acre site. The expansion of the factory continued into the post-War period with a large canteen erected c.1946-48. In 1956 the company became Shepparton Preserving Company (SPC). The original main factory was substantially extended in c.1960. More warehouse facilities were erected along Byass and Lockwood Streets from the 1980s onwards. On 4 January 2002 SPC Limited and Ardmona Foods Limited merged to form SPC Ardmona Limited. References SPC Limited 18-Jul-2013 04:12 PM Hermes No 156039 Place Citation Report 250 HERITAGE CITATION REPORT Anne Marmo, pers com. Anne Marmo, SPC Then and Now Donald McLennan, History of Mooroopna, Ardmona and District, p. 108. City of Shepparton, On McGuire's Punt, pp. 41. www.spc.com.au Identified By SOMA Design Partnership, June 2001. Relevant Historical Australian Themes Thematic Environmental History 8.2 Fruit Preserving Description Physical Description The SPC factory is a large industrial complex comprising a variety of buildings and structures of varying periods of construction. The canteen (former administration building, c. 1927) is a single-storey inter-War Mediterranean brick building with a hipped and gabled roof clad in terracotta tiles. The roof has exposed rafters with a Vjointed board soffit lining to the eaves. Walls have a textured render finish above a face brick (overpainted) plinth and the windows are steel framed casements. An arcaded verandah with a rendered parapet extends along the symmetrical facade and part of the side elevations. The main entry porch located to the centre of the front verandah is of a stylised classical design with a cantilevered concrete awning and pilasters with moulded cornices. The porch is surmounted by a pediment with pressed cement lettering bearing the words SHEPPARTON FRUIT PRESERVING C0. LTD . The side returns of the verandah have a stepped parapet at the gable end incorporating a chimney with a simple moulded cap. The verandah has a ceiling strapped fibrous plaster ceiling and remnants of the original terrazzo flooring. Modern single storey additions abut the south of the building and there is a small, skillion roof addition to the north elevation. The administration building (former canteen, c.1946-48) is a double storey red-brick Functionalist building with a SPC Limited 18-Jul-2013 04:12 PM Hermes No 156039 Place Citation Report 251 HERITAGE CITATION REPORT gambrel main roof concealed by a brick parapet with brick coping. Abutting the rear is a single-storey wing with a sawtooth roof incorporating a former manager's residence at the south-west corner. The facade contains regular fenestration of steel-framed windows set between rendered panels and surmounted by a continuous projecting concrete hood. To the centre of the facade is a projecting entry porch with parapeted brick walls, recently infilled with windows and enclosed by a non-original awning. The east and west elevation contain rendered horizontal panels surmounted by a continuous concrete hood. Recent aluminium-framed doors at first floor open on to steel-framed fire escape stairs. The sawtooth roof wing has non-original aluminium roof cladding and the east elevation contains a steelframed window with a continuous concrete lintel and a skillion roofed awning (possibly a later addition). The entrance to the former manager's residence has a cantilevered concrete awning and contains a glazed two-leaf timber-framed door with a fanlight, flanked by a steel-framed window. The former packing house (c.1940) is a large single storey industrial building with a steel-framed sawtooth roof clad in corrugated fibro-cement. External walls are red-brick with a continuous concrete lintel and parapets containing projecting brick string courses. The facade parapet is dominated by a large sign extending across almost the full width and bearing he words SHEPPARTON PRESERVING CO LTD - PACKING HOUSE in pressed cement lettering. Flanking either end of the facade the parapet contains the company logo and is surmounted by concrete pediments. The facade contains some original multipaned steel-framed windows and recent entrances containing aluminium-framed doors and windows and projecting entry porches. The west elevation faces the railway line and is similarly detailed to the facade and contains a series of small hatches with timber-framed doors flanking a larger double-leaf, V-jointed board ledged and braced door (presumably associated with a railway loading bay). Abutting the north of the building is the c.1950s cool store. The cool store (c. 1950s) is a substantial three-storey, off-form concrete industrial building of utilitarian design. Extending along the full width of the north and south elevations are cantilevered walkways with tubular steel balustrading. Stair towers are located at either end of the north elevation and contain steelframed windows. The first and second floors of the north elevation contain the original timber-framed doors while the south elevation contains service pipes, presumably original. The east and west elevations are windowless. Original doors to the ground floor of the north elevation have recently been replaced. The main factory is a sprawling industrial building of utilitarian design incorporating various additions from the 1930s onwards. The west elevation extending along the railway line typically comprises a double-height parapeted brick wall containing brick string courses and large multi-paned steel-framed windows with a continuous concrete lintel. The northern end of the main factory (c.1960s) has an expressed reinforced concrete structure and with tile clad infill. The facade is divided into regular bays with glazed tile cladding to the ground floor and aluminium framed window infill above. Extending across the full width of the parapet is a large sign with metal lettering bearing the words SHEPPARTON PRESERVING COMPANY against a contrasting red background. The Boiler house (c.1960s) is a rectangular plan, industrial building of an essentially utilitarian design and detailed similarly to the c.1960s factory extension. The west elevation is dominated by a large multi -paned aluminium framed window wall. The site also contains a number of large factory buildings, warehouses and ancillary structures of recent origin. Physical Condition GOOD Intactness GOOD SPC Limited 18-Jul-2013 04:12 PM Hermes No 156039 Place Citation Report 252 HERITAGE CITATION REPORT Australian Heritage Commission Criteria Australian Heritage Commission 3.12 Feeding people 3.13 Developing an Australian manufacturing capacity Statement of Significance SPC Limited, Andrew Fairley Avenue, Shepparton, is of regional historic and social significance, and local aesthetic significance. First established on the site in 1917, the Shepparton Preserving Company has grown to become a household name and is the town's major source of employment. Aesthetically, the complex contains a number of significant buildings and forms a landmark property on the eastern side of town. Recommendations 2004 External Paint Controls No Internal Alteration Controls No Tree Controls No Fences & Outbuildings No Prohibited Uses May Be Permitted No Incorporated Plan - Aboriginal Heritage Place No Other Recommendations . Retain prominent original signage throughout the complex . Retain original unpainted finish to face brickwork . Investigate original external paint colours where appropriate SPC Limited 18-Jul-2013 04:12 PM Hermes No 156039 Place Citation Report 253 HERITAGE CITATION REPORT Name Algeciras Address 3 Clarke Ct SHEPPARTON Significance Level B Place Type House Citation Date 2002 Algeciras Recommended VHR No HI - PS Yes Heritage Protection History and Historical Context The house now known as 'Algeciras' was originally named, 'Nettlecoe' and was designed in 1891 by architect, J A K Clarke as his own residence. Clarke began work on the house shortly after arriving in Shepparton in 1890, at the same time as designing a house, 'Ivanhoe', on the adjoining block for his brother-in-law, A B Mason. Clarke resided at 'Nettlecoe' until his death in 1945. 'Nettlecoe' originally had a 'magnificent' spire but a sudden gale on Boxing Day in 1912 swept it into a neighbouring paddock, and Clarke was reputably so distressed by this that he never bothered to replace it. Original stables on the property were demolished in 1956. References Karyn Francis, Evan Lloyd & Simon Pedler, Fairley Downs Architectural Conservation Research Paper. Algeciras 18-Jul-2013 04:12