Former Oriental Bank, 171-173 Main Street, STAWELL
171-173 Main Street STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The former Oriental Bank building, 171-173 Main Street, Stawell, makes a significant contribution to the architectural and visual amenity of the predominantly 19th century building forms of the streetscape. The building has significance as an important legacy of the financial institutions established in the town in the 19th century as a result of the prosperity of the gold rush. In particular, this building was constructed in 1869 for the Union Bank of Australia to a design by the eminent Melbourne-based architect, Leonard Terry. The building is in good condition and is largely intact from the exterior.
The former Oriental Bank building, 171-173 Main Street, is architecturally significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates original design qualities of a Victorian Conservative Classical style. These qualities include the simple rectangular form having a three-bayed composition. Other intact or appropriate qualities include the asymmetry, two storey height, segmentally arched ground floor openings accentuated by narrow moulded architraves, ground floor doorway with three panelled double timber doors and dentillated transom, segmentally arched timber framed double hung ground floor windows, coursed granite panels below the ground floor windows, smoothly finished granite base, simple stringcourse with a plain projecting central section, first floor timber framed double hung windows adorned with moulded rendered frames and projecting flat-headed drip moulds, elaborate cast iron first floor window grills, and the moulded and widely projecting cornice.
The former Oriental Bank building, 171-173 Main Street, is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the development of the Oriental Bank from 1869, and later with the development of the Bank of Australasia and the ANZ Bank. The building also has associations with the eminent Melbourne-based architect, Leonard Terry.
The former Oriental Bank building, 171-173 Main Street, is socially significant at a LOCAL level. Although no longer serving as a bank, it is recognised and valued by the Stawell community for its former purpose.
Overall, the former Oriental Bank building is of LOCAL significance.
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Former Oriental Bank, 171-173 Main Street, STAWELL - Physical Description 1
The former Oriental Bank building, 171-173 Main Street, Stawell, makes an important architectural and visual contribution to the streetscape of predominantly 19th century building forms. The building remains today as an important legacy of the financial institutions established in town in the 19th century.
The asymmetrical, two storey, smoothly rendered brick, Victorian Conservative Classical styled former Oriental Bank building is characterised by a simple rectangular form having a three-bayed composition. The ground floor facade has three segmentally arched openings accentuated by narrow moulded frames. The end opening consists of a doorway with three panelled double timber doors and dentillated transom above. The remaining two openings have early timber framed double hung windows, with coursed granite panels below. The whole of the ground floor facade rests on a smoothly finished granite base.
Separating the ground and first floors is a simple stringcourse with a plain projecting central section. The first floor facade has three early timber framed windows adorned with moulded rendered architraves and projecting flat-headed drip moulds. There is also early elaborate cast iron grills to the lower reaches of the windows.
The moulded and widely projecting cornice crowns the building.Heritage Study and Grading
Northern Grampians - Shire of Northern Grampians - Stage 2 Heritage Study
Author: Wendy Jacobs, Vicki Johnson, David Rowe, Phil Taylor
Year: 2004
Grading: Local
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