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Name	Detail	File number	Level
Former John Knox Free Presbyterian Church Church of Christ 327 - 333 Swanston Street and 178 Little Lonsdale Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B0824	A church built in 1863 to the design of Charles Webb, with what is possibly the most elaborate stuccoed Gothic facade in Victoria. In typical Webb fashion the decoration is concentrated on the central panel of the entrance (ecclesiastical west) front incorporating porch, traceried window, flanking octagonal turrets and piered parapet, and there is a generic resemblance to Webb's rather simpler Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church, Latrobe Street (1871). Classified: ... more	B0824	Local
Former Joshua Brothers Sugar Refinery Colonial Sugar Refinery , Victorian Sugar Company 265 Whitehall Street,, YARRAVILLE VIC 3013 - Property No B5089	Joshua Brothers Company erected the first Yarraville sugar refinery in 1873 reputedly using local contractors Edward Murphey and Timothy Lane. Thomas Watts was architect of the early stages of construction with initial tenders in November 1872, two brick stores were added in 1872-5 and a timber store in 1875. Either John Campbell or James Muir (there is conflict in sources) were brought out from Scotland to supervise construction and became manager on completion in February 1874. ... more	B5089	National
Former J Earl, Hardware Merchants`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` 181-189 Bay Street,, PORT MELBOURNE VIC 3207 - Property No B5198		B5198	File only
Former Johns & Waygood 408 - 430 City Road, SOUTHBANK VIC 3006 - Property No B6084	A remarkably complete collection of single and double storey industrial buildings in a range of styles, the first of which were constructed by James Wright of Armadale in 1909 and used for offices, workshops and stores. The complex is chifely notable as the headquarters for Johns and Waygood between 1910 and 1982. This is one of Victoria's oldest extant engineering establishments, one of the more important structural and general engineering establishments ever to have operated in ... more	B6084	Regional
Former John Batman Motor Inn Ambulance Officers' Training Centre 69 Queens Road,, MELBOURNE VIC 3004 - Property No B6433	The Ambulance Officers' Training Centre is of State significance as representing a new building-type of its period and as the product of two significant but disparate architectural firms of the era. In the 1960s, motels were supplanting hotels as preferred accommodation and were being built in the outer suburbs. The John Batman, as its name implied, combined features of both hotel and motel and was built in an inner residential area. The firm of Bernard Evans & Partners was ... more	B6433	State
Former J R Ellingworth's Estate Agency Edwards & Associates 580 Station Street,, BOX HILL VIC 3128 - Property No B6725	The Former J R Ellingworth's Estate Agency, built in 1911, is of local architectural and historic importance. Featuring a prominent corner oriel window with a "witch's hat" turret, it is a distinctive post-Edwardian design. It is a landmark in the Box Hill shopping centre which is characterised by post-Edwardian structures. J R Ellingworth was the elder son of William Ellingworth, a founder of the Box Hill municipality, and was himself a councillor and Mayor. The designer/builders ... more	B6725	Local
Former James Reilly Flour Mill Stickland & Sons 433 Brunswick Street,, FITZROY VIC 3065 - Property No B6289	Of State significance as the earliest surviving flour mill in Melbourne. Reilly's flour mill is important as a rare survivor of a once common building form which retains sufficient of its original fabric to illustrate the basic form of mid-nineteenth century flour mills. It is also significant through its association with James Reilly who was a prominent flour miller in the late nineteenth century who, following his move from Melbourne, operated in Kilmore, Benalla, Murchison ... more	B6289	State
Former John Sutherland Pty Ltd Cooperage Store 60 Cremorne Street (Cnr Blanche Street),, RICHMOND VIC 3121 - Property No B5581	Demolished	B5581	Demolished
Former Jaques Ltd 1 Palmer Street (Cnr Griffith Street), RICHMOND VIC 3121 - Property No B5662	Jaques Ltd is located on an island site of one hectare in Richmond. The factory comprises a machine shop, boiler shop assembly area and a spare parts department; there is also space in the buildings given over to offices. The buildings are constructed of brick with a galvanised roof covering most of the site. The machinery and plant mostly dates from the 1940's through to the 1980's; much of the equipment was updated in 1964/1965. Machinery was also aquired from A H McDonald in ... more	B5662	Local
Former James Oddie Observatory Ballarat School of Mines Observatory , Ballarat Municipal Observatory Cnr Magpie & Cobden Street,, BALLARAT CENTRAL VIC 3350 - Property No B5629	The Ballarat Municipal Observatory is perhaps the only surviving nineteenth century private observatory in Victoria. Scientifically, it is important for its instruments, several of which were built on site by Henry Evans Baker, including the 26 inch reflector telescope in 1888, which was the first large telescope built in Australia. Some of the observatory's other equipment was donated to the Commonwealth observatory where it made an important contribution in the founding of Mt ... more	B5629	State

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