Woodstock Community Centre, 18-30 Church St, Burwood, NSW | Photographs: |  | | List: | Register of the National Estate | | Class: | Historic | | Legal Status: | Registered (14/05/1991) | | Place ID: | 3373 | | Place File No: | 1/17/008/0017 | | Statement of Significance: | | Woodstock is historically important as a gentleman`s country villa associated with the initial phase of expansion of the wealthy middle class into the Burwood area (c 1850-70). It is associated with E T Penfold, one of Australia`s largest tobacco manufacturers and a prominent Sydney citizen. It is indicative of the adaptive re-use of nineteenth century mansions in the Burwood area for institutional and community uses throughout the twentieth century and is of particular historical importance for its association with post World War II European immigration. The long term use of its grounds for community uses is of historical and social importance. | | Official Values: Not Available | | Description: | | Woodstock is a large, two storey rendered brick villa with unglazed Marseille tiled roof. The villa is not heavily decorated. Original wooden staircase and much joinery remain. The verandah is partially closed in. The house retains nearly half of its original grounds (6ha) and the entrance drive is marked by remnant planting of FICUS species to the end of Duff Street. Woodstock was built in the early 1870s (completed by 1873) by E T Penfold, one of Australia`s largest tobacco manufacturers. The villa was set in large grounds which were made available in the late nineteenth century to the community for sports such as cricket and football. E T Penfold was involved with the establishment of Burwood School, was a strong supporter of the Congregational Church and a prominent participant in public and humanitarian affairs. His son, W C Penfold, founder of the well known firm of stationers, lived at Woodstock after his father`s death. The Villa was re-named Broughton after it was purchased by Keep in 1914. In 1942 Woodstock was acquired by the Commonwealth for use as Army Divisional Headquarters. In 1948 the Government decided to use it as a Migrant Hostel and extensive additions were made to enable the centre to accommodate several hundred migrants, including Displaced Persons from eastern Europe. Woodstock operated as Broughton Migrant Hostel from 1950-74 and since that time as Woodstock Community Centre. | | History: Not Available | | Condition and Integrity: | | Well maintained, but extensively altered. Additions, recent refurbishment as a community centre and modern landscaping are generally unsympathetic to the original villa. (June 1988) | | Location: | | 18-30 Church Street, Burwood. | | Bibliography: | BURWOOD MUNICIPAL LIBRARY. WOODSTOCK FILE.
DUNLOP, E. HARVEST OF THE YEARS: THE STORY OF BURWOOD. 1974
FOX & ASSOCIATES. BURWOOD HERITAGE STUDY. 1986 |
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