Former Police Station & Old Police Cells
621 - 629 Bourke Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B2477
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Statement of Significance
Classified as a group, the Bourke Street West Police Station and attendant Cell Block have no matching examples as to function and design in Melbourne's central business district.
Both were built under the direction of the Public Works Department: the brick police station, a well-proportioned statement with restrained gothic elements and carriageway entrance, was built in 1887-8 to the design of S.E. Bindley and S.C. Brittingham and the basalt cell block with its extended lantern was built to plans of 1887, architect unspecified. The courtyard bounded by the buildings is a central city enclave. The Bourke Street facade of the polices station forms a pleasing streetscape with the adjacent St. Augustine's church, the scale of facing buildings across Bourke Street being in harmony.
Group Classification: 19/04/1979
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FORMER ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS TRAINING DEPOTVictorian Heritage Register H0717
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MITRE TAVERNVictorian Heritage Register H0464
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MELBOURNE SAVAGE CLUBVictorian Heritage Register H0025
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