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List Building

Location

140 Market Square, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No 311667

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

C listed - Local Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

The premises formerly known as List's building was apparently erected on 1847 as a two storey dwelling and a wool store for pioneer Geelong Merchant William Roope.

Built of Barrabool Sandstone with a facade of matching stone ashlar, this is one of the oldest surviving structures in Geelong and although of low integrity, it is of historical significance for its association with the early development of Geelong and the infant wool industry. The original austere Italinate design with the balustrade parapet of 1870 has been largely impaired by recent external renovation works.

RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES

Geelong Regional Commission Register

REFERENCES

Alsop, P.F.B. - 'History of Buildings formerly known as List's. Little Malop Street' unpublished manuscript, April, 1977, Geelong Historical Records Centre.

Geelong Advertiser - 3 September, 1847 & 12 April, 1849.

Brown PL - Clyde Company Papers Vol. IV, p. 367.

Brownhill, R. W. - History of Geelong and Corio Bay, Wilke & Co, Melbourne, 1955 p 349.

Several sources are cited in Alsop paper. The architect has not been identified and exact date of construction not verified.

Group

Commercial

Category

Office building