Offices
71 Lt Malop Street, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No 214962
Geelong Commercial Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
C Listed - Local Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCEThe former Cheetham Salt Pty Ltd office building is near externally complete and is a fine example of an Edwardian, medium-scale custom-designed commercial use. It represents the work, historically, of Geelong's most prolific and effective architectural firm, Laird & Buchan, and contributes to a valuable Edwardian and 19th Century commercial and warehousing streetscape.
The building also represents probably the oldest major office structure built for a Geelong firm which later gained national prominence in a new field of Colonial production. It can be identified closely with the commercially adept Cunningham family who also played a benevolent role in the community and among their workforce.
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Offices - Physical Description 1
The Little Malop Street facade is as expected for an Edwardian office, with red-brick walls, relieved with cement dressings and pressed cement details, in particular a foliated tympanum to the segment arched pediment cantilevering over the door. This is the main stylistic element, linking the design to the contemporary Queen Anne revival. On the parapet, in bas-relief, is the company's name formed in cement, 'The Cheetham Salt Prop. Pty Ltd.,' all in sans-seriph lettering.
The side elevation achieved light from the laneway for its variously sized and sited windows, being two-storey for the office section and one-storey for the rear store.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Geelong Region Historic Buildings and Objects Study
Author: Allan Willingham
Year: 1986
Grading: CGreater Geelong - Geelong City Urban Conservation Study, Volumes 2-5
Author: Graeme Butler
Year: 1991
Grading: CGreater Geelong - Geelong City Urban Conservation Study Volume 1
Author: Graeme Butler
Year: 1993
Grading: CGreater Geelong - Geelong City Urban Conservation Study, Volume 4(a)
Author: Helen Lardner
Year: 1995
Grading: C
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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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CORIO VILLAVictorian Heritage Register H0193
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