Volum Brewery Malthouse (southern facade only and supporting western wall to a depth of 4.5 metres.)

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The former malthouse of John Cumming's Brewery (later Volum Brewery) was erected by Cummins in 1851. The brewery which had been established in Geelong in `845, is reputedly the oldest brewery in Australia still operating on the same site. Charles Laing, architect, called tenders for the original malthouse I March 1851m having designed this structure of squared coursed basalt in the Colonial Georgian style. John Cumming later sold to James Volum and his family, who were associated with the brewery until 1953. The former malthouse is one of the oldest industrial buildings in Geelong and still closely associated with its original function, although reduced in height and stripped of internal fittings.

RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES

Geelong Regional Commission Register.

Historic Buildings Council Register.

Australian Heritage Commission Register of the National Estate.

REFERENCES

Geelong Advertiser - 21st March, 1851, tender notice.

The Victorian Centenary Book, 1935 - The Oldest Brewery in the State.

Hone J Ann, Cumming, John (1830-1883) and Thomas Forest (1842-1918), first and fourth sons of John Cumming who founded the brewery.

Australian Dictionary of Biography, 6 Volumes, Pike, Douglas, Volume 3, 1969, pp 504-506.

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