FORMER SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE CO. LTD.
211 DANA STREET, BALLARAT CENTRAL - PROPERTY NUMBER 2006920, BALLARAT CITY
Lydiard Street Heritage Precinct
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Statement of Significance
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FORMER SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE CO. LTD. - Physical Description 1
This two storey former bank building was constructed in 1869 to the design of Leonard Terry for Mr. James Oddie & Co. Irving Glover & Co. were the contractors, (estimated contract value of (6,000). The design is a modification of an earlier Terry bank, the London Chartered Bank of 1868 (corner Lydiard and Sturt Streets, now demolished) and is very similar to the Union Fidelity Trustee Co. building of 1887 (corner Lydiard and Mair Streets). The design is marginally more abstracted than these other buildings - there is no balustraded parapet and the ionic pilasters of the piano nobile are uniformly double. Cast iron balconettes - similar to those of the Union Fidelity building - are unusual. A grill was more common in Terry's work. There are surviving blind hoods at both levels.
This corner building provides an excellent example of a former bank in the conservative classical style, with a precise vocabulary of mouldings: rustication, paired ionic pilasters, cornices and string courses. It is an outstanding example of Leonard Terry's work, is remarkably intact and in good condition.FORMER SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE CO. LTD. - Physical Description 2
TENDERS: 24 OCTOBER 1868
REFERENCE: ARGUS 24.10.1868 p.3.
FORMER SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE CO. LTD. - Integrity
CHIMNEY MOULDINGS REMOVED, DOORS ALTERED, CONSERVATORY DEMOLISHED
Heritage Study and Grading
Ballarat - Ballarat Heritage Review
Author: Andrew Ward
Year: 1998
Grading:Ballarat - Ballarat Conservation Study
Author: Jacobs Lewis Vines Architects
Year: 1978
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