Former Caulfield Butter Factory
1091 Dandenong Road MALVERN EAST, STONNINGTON CITY
Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The former Caulfield Butter Factory at 1091 Dandenong Road, Malvern East is a single-storey interwar Spanish Mission style building. Constructed in 1931 to a design by local architect Leslie J Reed, the butter factory incorporated an earlier 1920s dairy within its walls.
The factory was initially set up to cater to both local and overseas markets but operated for less than a decade before it was closed down.
How is it significant?
The former Caulfield butter factory is historically and architecturally significant to the City of Stonnington.
Why is it significant?
The former Caulfield Butter Factory is historically significant as one of the largest and most ambitious of the dairy enterprises established in Stonnington in the interwar period. Unlike most of the other suburban dairies in Malvern that served only their local neighbourhoods, the butter factory also catered to an overseas export market. The factory is of additional interest for its association with prominent local architect Leslie J Reed.
The former Caulfield Butter Factory is architecturally significant as a rare example of an industrial building designed in the Spanish Mission style. Although the Spanish Mission style was popular during the late 1920s and 1930s for houses and residential flats, and for leisure buildings such as cinemas and theatres, it was unusual for a factory building of this type. The distinctive styling of the factory also distinguishes it from the more common Moderne style dairy buildings in Stonnington.
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