The Former Hoffman Brickworks in Brunswick, Melbourne
Background
The Hoffman Brickworks are of national significance as an industrial heritage site. The brickworks was first recognised as an important heritage site in the 1982 Brunswick Conservation Study. The National Trust classified the site in 1987; it was added to the Victorian Heritage Register in 1989 and to the heritage overlay of the Moreland Planning Scheme. In 1997, several years after the site was sold to developers, a compromise was reached and a development plan was agreed to by the City of Moreland, Save the Brickworks and the Brunswick Community History Group.
Who we are
Save the Brickworks Inc. is a group of residents and heritage experts. We work with our community, Heritage Victoria, Moreland Council and the National Trust to ensure that the present and future residents of Brunswick can experience this important historic site.
This website is linked to our Facebook page – Brunswick’s Historic Brickworks – and provides background information, documents and links about the development of the site of the former Hoffman Brickworks.
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The ‘heritage core’ of the Hoffman Brickworks has been systematically demolished. The owners have previously sought and gained heritage and planning permits incorporating adaptive re-use of the (now demolished) Brick Pressing Shed. In 2022, as part of their proposal to demolish the Brick Pressing Shed they presented plans for a new building on that site. As far as we are aware, there is no current permit for redevelopment of any remaining areas of the site.
Save the Brickworks has provided constructive visions and proposals for the use of the site that aligned with the original commitment to use revenue from the townhouses and apartments to restore the heritage core for uses to enable public access and interpretation.
Take a look at the history of the Hoffman Brickworks
Information regarding the history of the development of the Brickworks site
Conserving Brunswick's Historic Brickworks 