Geelong Gas Company
161 Ryrie Street, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No 217672
Geelong Commercial Heritage Area
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Statement of Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
Historically, the last remnant of a once important and long-lived Geelong institution and one of the many important Geelong buildings designed by Laird & Buchan. Architecturally a distinctive upper level albeit much altered at the canopy and below.
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Geelong Gas Company - Physical Description 1
Two storeys, with ornate cement mouldings, the Geelong Gas Co. building is elevated in three parts. The two end bays have intricate prismatic forms at the parapet, composed above a crucifix-like element, and the wide centre bay holds four window openings below the company's name.
The original street verandah was similarly composed, with stepped profiles to the fascia end-bays and a simple fascia between. All of the fascia end-bays and a simple fascia between. All of the fascia surfaces were ribbed or panelled, giving the verandah a distinctive appearance above the gutter line. Below, simple iron (?) posts were still used for support, providing a marked contrast tot eh modernistic upper levels.
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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