164-170 Roden Street, West Melbourne, 135-141 Hawke Street, West Melbourne
Allom Lovell & Associates, 1981-2005Jul-99
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164-170 Roden Street, West Melbourne, 135-141 Hawke Street, West Melbourne
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Jul-99
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108368
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Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
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The building at 135-141 Hawke Street was constructed c.1889. It first appears in the Sands & McDougall directory in 1890, when it was occupied by Drysdale, Briscoe and Co., 'stone'. The company later referred to as Briscoe and Co. Ltd, and the premises an iron yard. The company continued to occupy the building into the 1940s. By the 1970s, the building was occupied by Universal Pipelines Pty Ltd.It is a double-storey rendered masonry Victorian industrial building with a corrugated galvanised steel transverse gabled and sawtooth roof which is concealed behind a parapet. The building has two street frontages, to Hawke Street and 160 Roden Street. Both facades are similar, and each is dominated by a large semi-circular arched entrance, and has three wide but shallow piers which stop short of a moulded string course which is the sole decoration. The are six non-original windows over two levels on the Hawke Street elevation.It is of local historical and aesthetic interest. Historically, the building is representative of late-nineteenth century industrial development in West Melbourne. Aesthetically, the building is a reasonably intact industrial building which is characterised by its austere facades to Hawke and Roden Streets, both of which incorporate impressive arched openings.
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| Copy | 108368 | 1 JPEG : 410 KB ; A4 | Single Item (May not be issued, may not be reproduced) |