Former Union Bank original 1848 building
76 Yarra Street, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No 219249
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Statement of Significance
C Listed - Local Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The former Union Bank on the corner of Yarra Street and Little Malop Streets was erected of Barrabool Sandstone in 1848 to Colonial Georgian style designs by architect, Charles Laing. This once impressive two-storey structure with distinctive portico, restrained parapet entablature and supporting Colonial Georgian details, has been substantially impaired by construction of a recent shopping arcade around the perimeter walls. Many elements of this early Geelong bank survive intact and the fabric warrants restoration , being a fine example of pre-goldrush architecture in Victoria. Other outstanding works by Laing eclipse the Union Bank as his finest work.
RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES
Geelong Regional Commission Register
REFERENCES
Geelong Advertiser - 26 January, 1847 - tenders for builders for Union Bank
Geelong Advertiser - 6 July, 1847 - re-calling of tenders for Union Bank.
Geelong Advertiser - 5 February, 1855 - tenders for alterations and addition to Managers premises.
L Huddle - "Architects in Geelong in the 1840s and 1850s" 1979. Humanities Research Report. University of Melbourne pp 10-12. Description of work of early architect, Charles Laing.
L Huddle - Ibid, pp 12-13. Description of Union Bank
Brownhill, W. R. - A History of Geelong and Corio Bay, Wilke & Co., Melbourne, 1955, pp. 348-351, for details of establishment of Union Bank..
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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:
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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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