H. C. Sleigh Ltd, later Australian Guarantee Corporation (AGC), 166-172 Queen Street, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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H. C. Sleigh Ltd, later Australian Guarantee Corporation (AGC), 166-172 Queen Street, Melbourne
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1985
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BIF-CITY 108107
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2022:__________________________________________________DATE: 1955, 1991;ASSOCIATIONS: H. C. Sleigh Ltd,;DESIGNER: Bates, Smart & McCutcheon;Notable features: Fiberglass sun shading.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBuilding Identification Form___________________________City of Melbourne online mapsCPA House:Nine storey concrete office building with basement car park and ground level retail. Built 1955. Refurbished 1991. (window hoods removed?)___________________________NATIONAL TRUST OF AUSTRALIA (VIC) 2014 Melbourne’s Marvellous ModernismOriginal Name H. C. Sleigh HouseCurrent Name CPA HouseAddress 170 Queen StreetMelbourneArchitect Bates, Smart & McCutcheonCompleted: 1953-55Significance:The seven-storey building was the first height-limit office block to be erected in the Melbourne CBD since the War. It marked the start of a new era of high-rise office buildings that would completely transform the city during the following decades. Noted for its fiberglass sun shading.Intactness:Much altered including glazing, sun shades, ground floor and painted exterior.References:Heritage Alliance Survey 2008___________________________CROSS-SECTIONJune 1, 1962A new 16 storey bldg for H. C. Sleigh Ltd. is to be built on the N-E corner of Queen and Bourke Sts (Melb). With an incredulity borne perhaps of familiarity with reporting more exotic structures, the Melb "Age'' disclosed that "A novel feature of the bldg will be the absence of centre supporting pillars on each floor. The ceilings and root will be supported by the walls." (Italics by C-S). This will be the third bldg designed by Bates, Smart & McCutcheon, archts, on this intersection. The other two are (N-W corner) the South British Insurance Co Ltd (C-S No. 114) and S-E corner the Prudential Assure-.ce Co Ltd. S-W corner isoccupied by Pearl Assurance Co Ltd, (C-S No 103), Leslie M. Perrott & Ptnrs, archtsSee also May 1, 1964(Not 170 Queen Street- see 158-164 Queen Street Melbourne)___________________________NEWSPAPERS:1954AUSTRALIAN GUARANTEE CORPORATION LTD.'S directors say profits for the opening four months of 1954-55 (up to October 31) have been satisfactory, and they anticipate holding ordinary dividend at 15p.c. a year, "if present conditions continue.".The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954)Friday 9 April 1954 - Page 13https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/245570710Another big city building!THIS BUILDING being erected in Queen Street for H. C. Sleigh Ltd. will provide 3 floors of tenanted area — a welcome addition to the City’s inadequate office space. (illust)QUEEN ST. PROJECT BEGUNExcavations are now 36 ft. below Queen Street for the foundations of the first large city office block to be started since the end of World War II. This is the £300,000 Australian head quarters for H. C. Sleigh Ltd., an eight- storey and two basement structure. It will occupy a site 86 ft. 6 in. by 69 ft. on the east side of Queen Street between Bourke and Little Bourke Streets. The contract calls for completion within 17 months. This, with other Import ant city projects already featured, and to be featured In The Herald Property Section. Is a reminder that the paralysis which seized city building In post war years, is now being shaken oft, A sharp revival, almost a boom, in city building now seems to be getting under way. Main constructional features of the Sleigh building are the steel frame encased In concrete, hollow block floors with radiant coil heating, and a facade of pre-cast stone and terra cotta to Queen Street, pierced by aluminium- framed windows.The design of architects Bates, Smart and McCutcheon provides parking space for 15 executive cars in the basement, and a seventh floor, consisting of a conference room, re creation area, and a mod ern cafeteria. Internal features Include mechanical ventilation, with tempered air. .Four two-storey shops were demolished to make place for the new building, an Indication of a trend which Los Angeles city planner, Mr Charles Bennett, who visited Melbourne last year, urged should be accelerated to relieve modern Melbourne of its growing pains.___________________________ .DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1961Bourke St160-164 rebuildingSleigh, HC Limited170 Petroleum Shipping and General Merchandise166-172Young, j T caretakerWhiting & Byrne solicitorsVaccine Products (Aust) Ltd...
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