RICHMOND MALTINGS

2 AND 15 GOUGH STREET CREMORNE, YARRA CITY

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Victorian Heritage Register

RICHMOND MALTINGS SOHE 2008

Statement of Significance

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  • History

    RICHMOND MALTINGS - History

    History of the site 

    The Barrett Burston Richmond Maltings site was developed as a brewing and malting site in the 1850s-60s. At the eastern end of the site was the Cremorne brewery established in 1852, while at the western end, adjoining the Sir Henry Barkly Public House, was a malt house, which began operation in 1862. 
    
    

    In 1877 the Cremorne Brewery was taken over by John Charles Winn, who then concentrated on malting. In 1880, Charles Smith commissioned Temperley, Edwards & Badger, Architects and Engineers to design a malt house based on the Galland pneumatic system, a malting process developed in France in 1867 and patented in Australia in 1874. It was one of the earliest uses of this malting technology in Victoria, and Australia. Smith was a successful businessman and became an influential sale maltster, initially in partnership with Jesse Gough. Smith and Gough established the first maltings in Victoria on Flinders Street, Melbourne, in the 1850s and are acknowledged to have laid the foundations of the industry in Victoria. Although Gough left Australia in 1870, the streets surrounding the Richmond Maltings bear his name, indicating his importance to the industry in Victoria.  In 1881 Charles Smith joined J C Winn and TA Fielding to form, Smith, Winn & Fielding, maltsters, which operated the site until 1901, when it becomes Smith, Winn & Co. 
    
    

    In 1903, a new malt house, designed on the old floor malting process, was constructed. In 1906, Smith McDonald & Co, took over the 1880 malt house, and Barrett Bros, a substantial sale maltster company, which operated both in Victoria and South Australia, took over the balance of the site until 1926.
    
    

    In 1912, the company Smith, Mitchell & Co was formed by John Mitchell the former manager of the site, and Mr C R Smith son of Charles Smith, to take over the 1880 malt house. In 1912 and 1918 the 1880 malt house was extended. In 1920a substantial floor malt house was constructed, and in 1922 an office building. Following the take over of the balance of the site, in 1928 a substantial malt house was constructed. In the late 1930s the former Cremorne malt house was replaced with a new pneumatic malt house and in 1939 a new store constructed. In 1941 Smith, Mitchell & Co Pty Ltd, becomes a public company, and in 1942 a second pneumatic malt house was constructed on the north side of Gough Street. 
    
    

    Following a fire in December 1950, a modern Saladin box system was installed in the 1880 malt house. In 1952 a building was constructed to house six pneumatic malting drums imported from the United Kingdom, the first of this type of system to be installed in a maltings in Victoria. In 1952, an 11 concrete silo barley store is erected with a capacity of 125,000 bushels. In the 1950s ? 60s a continuing process of mechanisation of the site took place, and further malting and storage capacity added, with a new Saladin box malt house fronting Gough Street (1956) on the site of the 1860?s malt house, and large concrete barley silos fronting Harcourt Parade (1960-62). 
    
    

    In 1972 Smith, Mitchell & Co Pty Ltd, which was 51% owned by Associated British Maltsters, was taken over by Barrett Bros & Burston Co Pty Ltd, one of the two largest malting companies in Australia. In the 1980s the 1942 malt house was converted to offices, and is currently leased by Barrett Burston as its Australian Headquarters. Barrett Burston operate the site, together with maltings in Islington Street, Collingwood (formerly James Hood & Co) and Gibdon Street, Burnley. 
    
    

    
    
    

    
    

    
    

    
    

    Permit Exemptions

    RICHMOND MALTINGS - Permit Exemptions

    General Exemptions:

    General exemptions apply to all places and objects included in the Victorian Heritage Register (VHR). General exemptions have been designed to allow everyday activities, maintenance and changes to your property, which don’t harm its cultural heritage significance, to proceed without the need to obtain approvals under the Heritage Act 2017.

    Places of worship: In some circumstances, you can alter a place of worship to accommodate religious practices without a permit, but you must notify the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria before you start the works or activities at least 20 business days before the works or activities are to commence.

    Subdivision/consolidation: Permit exemptions exist for some subdivisions and consolidations. If the subdivision or consolidation is in accordance with a planning permit granted under Part 4 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 and the application for the planning permit was referred to the Executive Director of Heritage Victoria as a determining referral authority, a permit is not required.

    Specific exemptions may also apply to your registered place or object. If applicable, these are listed below. Specific exemptions are tailored to the conservation and management needs of an individual registered place or object and set out works and activities that are exempt from the requirements of a permit. Specific exemptions prevail if they conflict with general exemptions.

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    Specific Exemptions:

    General Conditions: 1. All exempted alterations are to be planned and carried out in a manner which prevents damage to the fabric of the registered place or object. General Conditions: 2. Should it become apparent during further inspection or the carrying out of alterations that original or previously hidden or inaccessible details of the place or object are revealed which relate to the significance of the place or object, then the exemption covering such alteration shall cease and the Executive Director shall be notified as soon as possible. General Conditions: 3. If there is a conservation policy and plan approved by the Executive Director, all works shall be in accordance with it. General Conditions: 4. Nothing in this declaration prevents the Executive Director from amending or rescinding all or any of the permit exemptions. General Conditions: 5. Nothing in this declaration exempts owners or their agents from the responsibility to seek relevant planning or building permits from the responsible authority where applicable. Subject to full recording to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, the demolition of the 1922 and later office building, including the remnant of the 1903 maltings,[B3] fronting Gough Street. subject to the full recording to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, the demoltion of the 1952 drum malting building, [B7]. Subject to the full recording to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, and an assessment of the archaeological potential of the site of the former 1860s malt house, the demolition of the 1956 pneumatic maltings [Building 10] Subject to full recording to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, the demolition of the remaining walls to the 1903 malt house [Building 2] fronting Gough Street Subject to full recording to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, the demolition of the remaining walls to the 1928 malt house [Building 1] fronting Gough Street and Cremorne Street.

    Minor repairs and maintenance which replaces like with like.

    Repainting of previously painted surfaces

    Removal of extraneous items such as external lighting, pipe work, ducting, wiring, antennae, aerials etc, and making good

    Installation or repair of damp-proofing either by injection or grouted pocket method

    The repair patching and replacement of existing roadways, carriageways, tracks and path surfacing and associated kerbing with new bitumen or concrete paving

    The repair and replacement of all underground surfaces

    Interior

    Subject to full recording to the satisfaction of the Executive Director, in the late 1930s former pneumatic malt house [Building 4], the removal of the partitions to the ground floor workshop, and the removal of the laboratory area and staff amenities room to the first floor.

    The removal of non-original stud partition walls, suspended ceilings or non-original wall linings, doors, windows, bathroom partitions and tiling, sanitary and kitchen fixtures, fittings and equipment, lights, built-in cupboards, cubicle partitions, computer and office fitout and the like.

    Refurbishment of existing bathrooms, toilets and kitchens, including installation of sanitary fixtures and associated piping, mirrors, walls and floor finishes.

    Installation, removal or replacements of hot water systems, either internal or external.

    Installation, removal or replacement of heating or air conditioning systems, electrical wiring systems and computer ducting, and all fire, electrical and hydraulic systems including but not limited to emergency lighting, sprinklers and hydrant systems to the former 1942 malt house, now office building. [Building 12]

    Permit Exemption Policy

    RICHMOND MALTINGS - Permit Exemption Policy

    The list of features identified in the extent of registration contribute in a fundamental way to the understanding of the historical, technological, architectural, social andcultural significance of the site. While most of the buildings have been subsequently altered and are not intact, they retain many external and internal features that demonstrate the function of the buildings and the site.
    
    The Barrett Burston Maltings site is an extensive complex of industrial buildings for the manufacture of malt. The buildings demonstrate the different processes used for producing malt, including traditional floor malting and pneumatic malting, using saladin boxes and drums. The storage of barley and malt, important to the process of manufacture, is demonstrated by the 1939-40 storage building, 1952 and 1960s silos. The form of the buildings and surviving exteriorand interior fabric and features demonstrates these various processes.
    
    The 1920s malthouse, retains the expansive rectangular concrete germinating floor, low floor to ceiling heights, window openings with timber louvres in the side walls for controlling airflow, and an open first floor storage area, and demonstrates the floor malting process. In the 1880 malt house, the layout of parallel Saladin boxes with perforated floors, underfloor culverts and associated machinery, steeps, grain storage and kilns, illustrate the original pneumatic process. The late 1930s former pneumatic malt house retains fabric and elements that permit an understanding of the original layout, use and functions. These include the original steeps to the first floor with grain hoppers over, and grain and malt storage compartments and machinery to the top floor. The 1942 malt house, while adapted, retains fabric and elements that permit an understanding of the original layout, use and functions.
    
    It is acknowledged that within the features identified in the extent of registration, particularly some later additions and alterations in the 1960s, that there exists scope for works, alteration and adaption to any given feature without diminishing the overall significance of the place.
    
    While remaining in use as an operating maltings, the installation, removal and replacement of any plant and machinery to facilitate this continued use of the site would generally be supported.

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