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Former Croydon Fire Station
14 Croydon Road CROYDON, MAROONDAH CITY

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Croydon Fire Station Complex
Croydon Fire Station Complex
Croydon Fire Station Complex
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Statement of Significance

A particularly domestic-scaled and contextually sympathetic suburban fire station, designed by architects Stuart P. Calder and McLaughlan, and opened in 1959. It is historically significant to Maroondah in embodying the history of fire-fighting on the extreme outskirts of the MFB in a bush-fire prone area. It is architecturally significant as a good intact example of the post-war work of Stuart P. Calder, a significant pre-war architect of commercial and public Modernist buildings and of this building type.
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    • Physical Description 1

      Former Croydon Fire Station - Physical Description 1

      A domestic-scaled and contextually sympathetic fire station and residence. It has two nested gable roofs across the site, the higher section at right being the double-storied residence. At left is another residence wing, with its gable facing. Roof is glazed Marseilles pattern terra-cotta tiles, over red brick walls. There is a MFB plaque and "Metropolitan Fire Brigade" signage fixed to the front wall.

      Rafters are exposed.

      Intactness

      Former Croydon Fire Station - Intactness

      Very good, except that the formerly timber doors have been replaced with a

      glazed tilt panel door. The residence section is now occupied by business use.

      Physical Conditions

      Former Croydon Fire Station - Physical Conditions

      Excellent.

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Maroondah - Maroondah Heritage Study

      Author: Richard Peterson Architect & Conservation Consultant
      Year: 2010
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