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TIMBER PACKING SHED
20 Monckton Road TEMPLESTOWE, Manningham City

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22597 Shed - 20 Monckton Road, Templestowe

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Statement of Significance

A timber packing shed, relatively intact. It was erected in 1928 by William Hawthorn who owned property between Watties Lane and Monckton Road where 20 Monckton Road's house stands andstill traversed by the drive to Monckton. It is of historical significance locally with other elements of surviving physical evidence as a representative embodiment of the orcharding way of life in Templestowe in the early twentieth century. The former drive to Monckton is also significant for its association with that early homestead built in 1859 by district first settler, Major Charles Newman. It is of architectural significance as a surviving 1920s packing shed, now rare in Templestowe.

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- Physical Description 1
  
  TIMBER PACKING SHED - Physical Description 1
  
  A gable-roofed timber packing shed building facing Watties Lane, the roof extending as a skillion on either side. There are three compartments, each with a large opening facing south: the western skillion has no floor; the central compartment, beneath the gable, is paved with brick (Glen Iris machine made) and has two small windows (one recent) and is lined with weatherboards internally on the east side; the east compartment (a loose box - known as the "double stable") has no floor with the backboard of a manger on its west wall and a feed hatch through to a chaff house at its northern end with a timber floor and ceiling joists. An early door and latch opens to the central space. The gable roof structure is old: it has a king post, struts and a tie, housed together. The western component was added later in the 1950s, using old corrugated iron.
  
  The galvanised corrugated roofing is of great interest and should not be lost. Four different brands are identifiable: "Wolverhampton. Emu BFS" (extremely rare and used on the roof at Pontville), "Phoenix" (crown brand), "Marksman" and another with a Crown symbol.
  
  There is an old split post and wire fence, a skillion shed and the former drive to Monckton nearby (refer sketch plans).
  
  Integrity
  
  TIMBER PACKING SHED - Integrity
  
  Integrity Not known
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Manningham - Manningham Heritage Study Review
  
  Author: Context Pty Ltd
  Year: 2006
  Grading: Local
- Manningham Heritage Study Review 2006 Citation
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- PONTVILLE
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H1395
- PONTVILLE
  
  Victorian Heritage Inventory
- NEWMAN LONE GRAVE
  
  Victorian Heritage Inventory