Former ES & A Bank
9 Malop Street, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No 215159
Woolstores Industrial Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
A Listed - State Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The former London Chartered Bank, erected in 1859, is a two storey structure with basement, using squared basalt for the carcass and ashlar Barrabool sandstone for the facade and parapets. This bank is an important example of a mid nineteenth century bank, in intact condition and appropriately and typically designed in the Renaissance Revival style. The finely detailed structure I one of the most distinguished of the large group of bank buildings designed by noted Victorian architect Leonard Terry. The London chartered Bank was established in Geelong at a time of great prosperity and reflects the influence of the gold rush and the wool boom upon this settlement
RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES
Geelong Regional Commission Register
Historic Building Council Register
REFERENCES
National Trust of Australia (Victoria), File No 255.
Bronwhill, W. R. - a History of Geelong and Corio Bay, Wilke and Co, Melbourne, 1955, p
Troppe, H - "Leonard and some of His Works" - History of Architecture, Research Essay, Department of Architecture, University of Melbourne, 1970, pp 40-42.
Geelong Advertiser - 4th March, 1859, tender notice, 18th February, 1960, 'Current Topics" detail's of progress of construction.
Sutherland, Alexander - Victorian and Its Metropolis, Past and Present - 2 Volumes, McCarron, Bird & Co, Melbourne, 1888 - Volume 2 p 153, biographical sketch of Alexander Dick, J. P.
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Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Geelong Region Historic Buildings and Objects Study Volume 2
Author: Allan Willingham
Year: 1986
Grading: AGreater Geelong - Geelong City Urban Conservation Study, Volumes 2-5
Author: Graeme Butler
Year: 1991
Grading: AGreater Geelong - Geelong City Urban Conservation Study
Author: Graeme Butler
Year: 1993
Grading: AGreater Geelong - Geelong City Urban Conservation Study, Volume 4(a)
Author: Helen Lardner
Year: 1995
Grading: A
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FORMER GEELONG WOOL EXCHANGEVictorian Heritage Register H0622
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FORMER SCOTTISH CHIEFS HOTELVictorian Heritage Register H0662
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GEELONG TOWN HALLVictorian Heritage Register H0184
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