556-558 LONSDALE STREET
556-558 LONSDALE STREET MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY
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Statement of Significance
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556-558 LONSDALE STREET - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site: Date of first documented occupation, 1866Heritage Inventory Description
556-558 LONSDALE STREET - Heritage Inventory Description
1866 - building on site (adjacent to Independent Church).1871 & 1880 Panoramas show 2 storey building.1905 - 2 storey building
Heritage Inventory Significance: REGISTER OF THE NATIONAL ESTATE - CITATION:NO 556-558 LONSDALE STREET, THE 1851 RATEBOOK LISTS A 'HOUSE', SHOP AND ONE ROOM PLUS BAKEHOUSE' AS OCCUPYING THIS SITE. IT APPEARS THAT SOME OF THIS STRUCTURE IS INCORPORATED INTO THE PRESENT BUILDING AND THE FOOTINGS OF AN OLD OVEN ARE LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE SITE. THE EXISTING TWO STOREY BRICK STRUCTURE WITH ATTIC AND OUTBUILDINGS WAS ERECTED IN 1855 BY EDWARD FITZSIMMONS. IN 1856 IT WAS THE COLONIAL SURVEY OFFICE AND IN LATER YEARS AN HOTEL. THIS BUILDING IS UNIQUE IN MELBOURNE. IT IS ONE OF THE FEW STRUCTURES SURVIVING ALMOST COMPLETELY INTACT FROM THE EARLY YEARS OF THE COLONY AND THE OLDEST OF ITS TYPE SURVIVING IN THE C.B.D. ITS DETAILING AND SYMMETRY EXPRESS A VERY SIMPLE STYLE INDICATIVE OF ITS PERIOD. THE ORIGINAL SHOP WINDOW AND DOORMATS, PLAIN INTERIORS, STEEP STAIRCASE AND ATTIC DORMER WINDOWS ARE FURTHER DISTINCTIVE FEATURES. THE NEIGHBOURING STRUCTURE ON THE EAST SIDE HAS ENCROACHED ON THE PARTY WALL AND THUS SPOILT THE SYMMETRY OF THE FACADE. THE PRESENT FACADE AND ORIGINAL PARTS OF THE INTERIOR SHOULD BE CAREFULLY MAINTAINED. THE FACADE SHOULD BE FINISHED IN A WAY COMPATIBLE WITH ITS PERIOD. OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
Archeological Potential: Extant bldg Fabric,Site
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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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