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STATE BANK
Other NameSTATE BANK RICHMOND Location216 SWAN STREET CREMORNE, YARRA CITY
File Number11/008817 [CLOSED]LevelRegistered |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
How is it significant?
Why is it significant?
The State Bank in Swan Street Richmond is of historical significance
as evidence of the rapid expansion of the State Savings Bank. The
Richmond bank was constructed in the early years of the State Bank's
most expansionary period, as it established itself as a major
influence on the development of the State for much of the 20th century.
The State Bank in Swan Street Richmond was constructed in 1907 for
the Commissioners of the State Savings Bank by Reynolds Bros of
Fitzroy to a design by the architects Billing, Sons and Peck. It is an
accomplished example of Picturesque composition applied to
fenestration. The strongly axial facade has an asymmetric display of
different openings.
The State Bank in Swan Street Richmond is of architectural and
historical significance to the State of Victoria.
The State Bank in Swan Street Richmond is of architectural
significance as an outstanding Edwardian-period example of Romanesque
art nouveau design in a commercial building. Australian architecture
at the start of the 20th century was deeply entrenched in historicism,
and the Romanesque art nouveau style, although short-lived, is
significant because it marks the beginning of a very slow progression
towards modern architecture. This bank is one of the most extravagant
examples of the style. As such, the bank suggests the growing
independence and confidence of a newly federated Australia. It appears
to be the only surviving work of Billing, Son and Peck.
Group
Finance
Category
Bank