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Lansell Building (former)
319-327 Hargreaves Street, BENDIGO VIC 3550 - Property No 237802

Bendigo Civic Precinct

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Lansell Building, 319-327 Hargreaves Street

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Statement of Significance
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Statement of Significance

Architecturally, Lansell's Buildings are unusual, stylistically, and relate to Bendigo's idiosyncratic but mainly domestic architectural design of the 1890 and 1900s, as practised mainly by William Beebe. They are near complete on the upper level and contribute to a small localised commercial precinct.

Historically, the building has housed long-term Bendigo businesses, including the prominent bakers, Friedrich & Bassemir, and the Golden Key Boot Company. It is also connected by its original ownership, and the long-term site ownership, to the notable Lansell family.

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- Physical Description 1
  
  Lansell Building (former) - Physical Description 1
  
  Two-storey and of red brick, the shop and offices (and residences?) are parapeted with a subtly expressed pedimented oriel at the corner. A corbel-table is used in the parapet balustrading, while the octagonal corner piers rise into domes with ball-finials. Other parapet piers are all profusely decorated. Already a notable element, the oriel and its pediments are further enhanced by unusual oculi placed in the two street elevations. Linking each oculus and the lancet-like window below is a stylised key tone, each with a ball-finial centred on the oculus. Upper windows are paired, with multi-paned upper sashes, and are linked by an impost frieze which expands into a stylised label mould at each.
  
  The ornament is unusual, comparing with designs by A A Fritsch in Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, during the 1890s.
  
  Integrity
  
  Lansell Building (former) - Integrity
  
  External - The upper level is near complete, but the ground level and canopy (as visible) are new, although the recessed shopfront entries are typical of the era.
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Greater Bendigo - Eaglehawk & Bendigo Heritage Study
  
  Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
  Year: 1993
  Grading: B
- Show:
- BENDIGO TOWN HALL
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H0117
- SPECIMEN COTTAGE
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H1615
- BENDIGO SCHOOL OF MINES (BENDIGO TAFE)
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H1505
- "AQUA PROFONDA" SIGN, FITZROY POOL
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H1687
- 'Aqua Profonda' sign wall sign, Fitzroy Swimming Pool
  
  Yarra City H1687
- 1) WEATHERBOARD FARM HOUSE AND 2) THE OUTBUILDINGS
  
  Nillumbik Shire