Shop & residences row, once part Sir Walter Scott Hotel row, 467-471 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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Shop & residences row, once part Sir Walter Scott Hotel row, 467-471 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
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BIF-CITY 562693 511516 511518
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2024:__________________________________________________Period: Early VictorianConstruction date: c1856Materials: Stone, brick___________________________GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM cites source 82___________________________City of MelbourneProperty numbers 562693 511516 511518___________________________YUNCKEN FREEMAN ARCHITECTS P/L 1976.. HISTORIC BUILDINGS PRESERVATION COUNCIL MELBOURNE CBD STUDY AREA 5 (source 82)467,469, 471 Elizabeth StreetTwo Storey shop1854 (prob)Shops (original)Shops (Present)StoneVerandahs removed, shop fronts not original.of no particular historical importanceStreetscape - front related to adjacent Stramit Buildings facadesRegistration recommended467,469,471 ELIZABETH STREETHISTORICALThese shops with their unadorned facade are adjacent to the Stramit Buildings, which this report also recommends be registered.The M.R.B. state a typical year1914 463 brick hotel, 12 rooms 33' x 70' 467 stone shop, 16' x 60' 469 stone shop, 16' x 60' 471 stone shop, 16' x 60' Owner, Hugh Copland.The rate books continue with this entry basically unchanged back until 1856. This is the first entry in which the following entry is found: 299 stone shop, 16' x 60' - owner Grove 301 stone shop, 16' x 60' - owner Knight 313 stone shop, 16' x 60' - owner May.ARCHITECTURALThe ground floors of these buildings have been extensively modified but the upper floors, with a notable absence of embellishment, still display the lightly dressed masonry - covered by many coats of paint. The windows have been accentuated by the use of featured stones and sills - reminiscent of some of the more economical Government buildings of the time. The window proportion establishes a continuity with the adjacent Stramit group.RECOMMENDATIONThe facade (scale, upper storey detailing and relationship to the adjacent Stramit Buildings) is the most important aspect of the buildings that should be registered. The shops originally had large verandahs and their removal has tended to increase the severity of the facades intersection with the street plane. As a group, the buildings are relatively intact and taken with their early group construction date there appears to be sufficient reason to recommend registration.___________________________LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEXSerach 1855-1856 Elizabeth St shops, nil___________________________DE GRUCHY & LEIGH, 1866. ISOMETRICAL PLAN OF MELBOURNE AND SUBURBS IN 1866Shown contiguous with hotel bearing flag.___________________________MAHLSTEDT FIRE INSURANCE PLAN SERIES STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIAseries 2, map 16Ac19252 storey masonry with 1 storey rear wings, 467 has scyullery and dining room;Openings on 1st floor between 463 at corner (Sir Walter Scott hotel 1920s replaced 1950s) and 471467-471 shops___________________________RBA ARCHITECTS 2013, CITY NORTH HERITAGE REVIEWhttps://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/city-north-heritage-review3.pdfc1854/ Early Victorian2 storey, painted ashlar basalt, simple cornice, quoining to windows.Modern shopfronts___________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE):1859https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/253601847 show advert.GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICESSIR WALTER SCOTT HOTEL,ELIZABETH-STREET NORTH,MELBOURNE .William Kennedy, Proprietor....1860https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87946885Dr Youl, the city coroner, held an inquest on Wednesday, at the Sir Walter Scott Hotel, North Melbourne, on the holy of William Leonard Hinton, who committed suicide on the provious day by stabbing himself. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was imimate with a woman named Daniels, and that she had deserted him some six or seven weeks ago.....1910https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/227622893GHASTLY CRIME.MAN'S FEARFUL DEED.ATTEMPTS WOMAN'S LIFE. THEN KILLS HIMSELF.An appalling tragedy was enacted yesterday at the Sir Walter Soott Hotel, corner of Elizabeth and Franklin streets,...A bedroom on the first floor of the two-storeyed hotel bore awful testimony to the grim nature of the tragedy which had 'been enacted. There were two beds in the room and both were blood-stained, while a stream of blood showed a red course from, one of the beds through the door and down the stairway, indicating that the unfortunate woman had made a desperate attempt to escape from the murderer.....1938https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12459663Trustees sale...TUESDAY, AUGUST 9.AT THREE O'CLOCK AT THE ORIENT LINE AUCTION-ROOMS. 352 COLLINS STREET TRUSTEES' REALISATION.VALUABLE CITY FREEHOLD HOTEL.WITH ADJOINING SHOPS AND KNOWN AS THE SIR WALTER SCOTT HOTELOCCUPYING ONE OF THOSE SPLENDID CORNER SITES,Which are Fast Becoming UNPROCURABLE In the CITY OF MELBOURNE.Measuring BJ Feet 2 inches to ELIZABETH STREET by 70 Feet 85 Inches Along FRANKLIN STREET.Solicitors to the Trustees Messrs Rigby and Fielding. 60 Market Street.....The Herald (Melbourne, Vic.) Saturday 13 August 1938 - Page 8https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243446248£23,500 for city hotel freeholdFor £23,500. A property Investment company has bought the freehold of the old-established Sir Walter Scott Hotel,Elizabeth Street.Of two-storey brick and blucstone construction, the building occupies land with a frontage of 83fL 2in. to Elizabeth Street by a depth of 70ft. 6in„ and includes two shops in the Elizabeth Street frontage.The property was submitted at auction on Tuesday, and passed in at £22,500.Agents in the present sale were Beauchamp Bros, and W. D. Sampson.___________________________DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1880Franklin at295 Sir Walter Scott hotel, Sabelberg , Theodore299 Carew, Thomas, saddler301 Hilton, Robert, greengrocer303 Stephenson, James, watchmaker305 and 307 Currie and Richards , galvanised i ro n merchantsand spouting manufacturers309 Royal George livery stables-Craik, J..1893Franklin st463 Sir Walter Scott hotel-Spong, Mrs E.467 Carew, Thomas, saddler and harness maker469 Morison, Peter, grocer471 Dunkling & Silberman, watchmakers477 Currie& Richards,g alvaniseidr onm erchants479 Royal George livery stables483 Mayne, Alfred, & Co, tinsmiths and ironworkersElfenbein& Richard, joiners and incubator mkrs.1904Franklin st463-405 Sir Walter Scott hotel—Files, Mrs Kate467 Carew, Thomas, saddler469 Holligan, Miss Bridget, frtr and confectioner471 Van Baer, Mrs Mane, wtchmr and Jeweller473-481 Currie & Richards, galvanised Iron menRight-of-way.1910Franklin st463-465 Sir Walter Scott hotel—Files, Mrs Kate467 Carew, Thomas, saddler469 Holligan, Miss Bridget, frtr and confectioner471 Van Baer, Mrs Mane, wtchmr and Jeweller473-481 Currie & Richards, galvanised Iron menRight-of-way.1915Franklin St463-465 Sir Walter Scott htl-Gordon, Mrs D.467 Coleman &-- Denham. saddlers469 Cooke , Mrs Eliz ., confr471 Wood, Wm., watchmaker & jeweller473-481 Currie & Richards. hardware merchtsRight-of-wayOff 483-O'Donnell....1920Franklin at463-465 Sir Walter Scott htl—O'Brien, Miss H.469 Healy & O'Donovan, drapers471 Fields, Chas., ironmonger473-481 Currie & Richards, hardware merchtsRight-of-way
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