258-260 FLINDERS LANE
258-260 FLINDERS LANE 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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258-260 FLINDERS LANE - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site: Date of first documented occuption, 1839Heritage Inventory Description
258-260 FLINDERS LANE - Heritage Inventory Description
First land sale 1837, Block 5, Allotment 15, John Gunn. 1839 - 2 buildings.1877, 1888 & 1905 - 3 storey warehouse, James Dodgsun & Co.
Heritage Inventory Significance: SOURCE: NOTABLE BUILDING CITATION (AM425):DERIVING ITS NAME FROM THE ISLAND THAT GAVE INSPIRATION TO THE DETAILING OF ITS FACADE, THE MAJORCA BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED AS A SEVEN STOREY OFFICE BUILDING IN 1928-30. DESIGNED BY THE ARCHITECT HARRY NORRIS, THE MOORISH INFLUENCE IN ITS TERRACOTTA FACADE PLACES IT FIRMLY WITHIN THE MELBOURNE TRADITION OF EXOTIC ARCHITECTURE IN THE LATE 1920S (THE "JAZZ AGE"), MUCH OF IT EXECUTED BY NORRIS HIMSELF.SOURCE: MELBOURNE BACKLOG STUDY. PREPARED FOR THE AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE COMMISSION. JANUARY 1997:THE MAJORCA BUILDING, BUILT IN 1928-29, IS SIGNIFICANT AS THE ARCHITECT HARRY NORRIS'S BEST WORK IN TERRACOTTA, AND WITH ALKIRA HOUSE, THE MOST INVENTIVE AND HIGHLY DEVELOPED USE OF THE MATERIAL IN MELBOURNE. (CRITERION F.1)IT IS A RARE EXAMPLE OF THE USE OF THE ROMANESQUE REVIVAL STYLE FOR REINTERPRETATION IN THE REVIVALISTIC 1930S. IT IS A PROMINENT LANDMARK IN DEGRAVES STREET AND FLINDERS LANE, WHICH CONTINUES THE DOMINANT FORM AND STYLE OF THIS STREET, DEVELOPED IN THE 1900 TO 1910 PERIOD, INTO THE 1930S. IT IS A RARE ADAPTATION OF A LOCAL STYLE FORM WHICH INDICATES THE STRENGTH OF CHARACTER WHICH FLINDERS LANE HAD DEVELOPED. (CRITERION B.2)
Archeological Potential: Potential/Disturbed,Site
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MITRE TAVERNVictorian Heritage Register H0464
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MELBOURNE SAVAGE CLUBVictorian Heritage Register H0025
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FORMER LONDON CHARTERED BANKVictorian Heritage Register H0022
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