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FORMER STRACHAN MURRAY AND SHANNON WOOL WAREHOUSES

Other Name STRACHAN AND DALGETY WOOL STORES Location 76 BROUGHAM STREET GEELONG, GREATER GEELONG CITY File Number 10/016020-01 Level Registered

[1/5] FORMER STRACHAN MURRAY AND [2/5] 1 former strachan murray & [3/5] former strachan murray & [4/5] former strachan murray & [5/5] H0596 strachan extent

Statement of Significance

Construction of Strachan Murray & Shannon Wool Warehouses commenced in 1889 on a site which had always been a focal point of the Geelong wool trade. The building as it presents to us today was constructed over a 61 year period and each phase of that construction was undertaken in a sympathetic manner to the initial design. As a result the building is not only important for its role as a woolstore, but presents a remarkably homogeneous external form given its architectural history. The design is simple and a popular composition for the late nineteenth century, simple brick facades interrupted by segmental headed openings relieved at intervals by projecting partitions and capped with a strong horizontal cornice and parapet, itself interspersed with small pediments. The repetitive nature of the design leads to its significant role in the streetscape.