202 LITTLE LONSDALE STREET
202 LITTLE LONSDALE STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
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Statement of Significance
This place is included on the Victorian Heritage Inventory, for its potential to contain historical archaeological remains associated with the settlement and growth of early Melbourne. Under the terms of the Heritage Act 2017 there is protection for all historical archaeology sites and objects in the state.
Please visit the Heritage Victoria website to find out more about the Heritage Inventory.
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202 LITTLE LONSDALE STREET - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site: Date of first documented occupation, 1880Heritage Inventory Description
202 LITTLE LONSDALE STREET - Heritage Inventory Description
1880 Panorama shows building fronting street.1885 - 3 room brick house on site, owned by Walter Coop, tenant Mrs Cook.1889 - 2 storey brick store with basement constructed by Walter Coop, possibly used in conjunction with Lead Shot Works. Facade apparently constructed/added 1900-1904.
Heritage Inventory Significance: THE BUILDING AT 202 LITTLE LONSDALE STREET WAS CONSTRUCTED IN TWO STAGES: THE TWO STOREY BRICK STORE IN 1889 AND THE FACADE IN 1905. THE 1889 WORK WAS UNDERTAKEN FOR MR WALTER COOP WHO OWNED AND OPERATED THE ADJACENT SHOT TOWER. THE FACADE WAS DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT J. EDMUND BURKE AND BUILT BY A. PONTIN FOR MR K. SHORT. THE BUILDING IS CONSTRUCTED IN RED-BRICK AND THE FACADE, A NOTABLE FEATURE OF THE BUILDING IS CARRIED OUT IN RED-BRICK WITH CEMENT DRESSINGS. THE FACADE IS CLEARLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ART- NOUVEAU MOVEMENT IN AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE AND IN THAT SENSE CAN BE SEEN AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE MOVEMENT TO DEVELOP A DISTINCTIVE AUSTRALIAN STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE. THIS MOVEMENT SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME DURING THE LATER YEARS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND EARLY YEARS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY DEVELOPING THE COMPONENTS OF THIS 'STYLE' AND THIS BUILDING CLEARLY INDICATES THIS NEW APPROACH, DISPLAYING LITTLE PRE-OCCUPATION WITH TRADITIONAL DECORATIVE DETAILS. IT PRESENTS A DYNAMICALLY MODELLED FACADE TO THE STREET. AS A RESULT THE BUILDING IS SEEN AS A FINELY CRAFTED PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE REMAINING RELATIVELY UNALTERED AND IN GOOD CONDITION.
Archeological Potential: Potential/Disturbed
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FORMER CARLTON AND UNITED BREWERYVictorian Heritage Register H0024
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ROSAVILLEVictorian Heritage Register H0408
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MEDLEY HALLVictorian Heritage Register H0409
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