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Cressy Trading Co. Building

Location

33 Yarra Street, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No 219224

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

B Listed - Regional Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The former "Corio Chambers" buildings was erected as a two-storey brick establishment in 1890, for Geelong solicitors, Robinson and Douglass. The architect is presently unknown. This building is an early example of the English Queen Anne Revival in Victoria and is strongly modeled on the work of English architect, Richard Norman Shaw. The ornamentation and facade details are of great interest. The building is located in an area of Yarra Street traditionally associated with the legal profession.

RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES

Geelong Regional Commission Register

REFERENCES

Brownhill, W. R. - A History of Geelong and Corio Bay, Wilke & Co., Melbourne, 1955, pp. 342.

For details of the Queen Anne movement, refer to Mark Girouard, Sweetness and Light - The Queen Anne Movement 1860-1900, Oxford, London, 1977.

The parapet bears the inscription "Southern Union House" a reference to later ownership and occupancy.

Group

Retail and Wholesale

Category

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