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Former London Stores

Location 349 - 357 Bourke Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B6561 File Number B6561 Level Regional

[1/1] B6561 London Stores

Statement of Significance

A reinforced concrete and steel emporium built to the then Melbourne height limit of 132 feet (40 metres) the London Stores was built in 1925 to a design by the architects H W and F B Tompkins. The building is in the same tradition of cubic classical revival forms expressed by others such as the Nicholas and Port Authority buildings, is one of the major emporiums built in Bourke Street in the period 1910-30 and is a significant landmark marking, together with the Post Office, the entry to the Bourke Street shopping centre.
Classified: 06/06/1994