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Name	Detail	File number	Level
Courcelle Organ - Uniting Church McCracken Street,, KENSINGTON VIC 3031 - Property No B6364	One of the seven known organs exported to Victoria in the 1860s by London organbuilder John Courcelle, this single-manual instrument of five stops is thought to have been placed in the Wesleyan Church, Fitzroy Street, St Kilda before its installation at Kensington, possibly in the 1920's. The instrument is intact, apart from the introduction of electric blowing, and retains its gabled Gothic case of three flats, oak console fittings and bold voicing. Classified: 04/05/1989	B6364	Regional
Former St Luke's Church of England & Courcelle Organ St Luke's Anglican Church & Organ 210-218 Dorcas Street,, SOUTH MELBOURNE VIC 3205 - Property No B2023	Members of the Church of England met at South Melbourne, then known as Emerald Hill, as early as 1854 and a reserve at the corner of Dorcas and Clarendon Streets was set aside for this church in the original township plan of 1852. St Luke's Church of England was subsequently built on this prominent site in 1857. Designed by Francis M White, the nave with front porch to Clarendon Street, was built initially, and further extension work was carried out in 1859. The architect ... more	B2023	State
Courcelle Organ - Slavic Evangelical Church Tooronga Road,, MALVERN VIC 3144 - Property No B6140	A single-manual chamber organ of six stops built in the 1860's by the London organbuilder John Courcelle and one of the seven pipe organs which he is known to have sent to Victoria at the time. Its earliest known location is thought to have been the private chapel of "Rose Hill", Toorak, the property of William Philpott, and it was later placed in "Noorilim", Murchison, the property of Willilam Irving Winter-Irving. The date of its arrival at Malvern is unknown. The instrument ... more	B6140	Local
Denny Lascelles Woolstore - Geelong Woolstores Historic Area National Wool Centre 26 Brougham Street, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No B1409	Denny Lascelles Wool Store was erected for C J Dennys and Co, Woolbrokers, in 1872 on a strategic site near the waterfront . Jacob Pitman, architect designed the original conservative classical 3 storey warehouse and supervised construction of the basement. After a dispute a Ballarat architect/contractor was engaged to complete the works to a reduced design derived from industrial architectural traditions and built of squared basalt enhanced with modest cement renderd ornamentation. ... more	B1409	State
Former Dennys Lascelles Concrete Woolstore Bow Truss Building Cnr Brougham & Clare Streets,, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No B4710	Bow Truss Statement Although this four-storied warehouse was not the first large reinforced concrete commercial building in Victoria, it is now the most original known and possesses a number of unusual features. The bow-string roof trusses span 182 feet and contribute both a technological feat to the building and a strong visual element to the Geelong skyline. The external cladding is also of reinforced concrete and thus is structural as well as decorative in a simple Art Nouveau ... more	B4710	Demolished
John Courcelle Pipe Organ - Church Of Christ La Trobe Terrace,, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No B7331	The pipework, action, windchests, wind system, console and casework of the pipe organ built in 1858 by John Courcelle. The organ is significant for historic and aesthetic reasons at a regional level The pipe organ at the Church of Christ, Geelong is significant for the following reasons: - It retains its original mechanisms and wind system - It retains its original casework - It retains all of its original pipework, except for one rank, later replaced by ... more	B7331	Regional
Stuccoed Wing - Dennys Lascelles Woolstore Wool Store Annexe Brougham Street, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No B4723	The Dennys, Lascelles Woolstores were erected at various times and comprise a complex of buildings. The earliest section, located at the corner of Moorabool Street and fronting Brougham Place, was erected for C J Dennys and Company, Woolbrokers, in 1872, on a prominent corner site diagonally opposite the Geelong Customs House of 1855-56. Jacob Pitman was the architect of the original design, which was constructed only to the extent of the basement. A Ballarat architect, Jonathan ... more	B4723	Demolished