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Victoria Market, 65-81 Victoria Street, Melbourne

Gould, Meredith1985

Record details

Title:

Creator:

Gould, Meredith

Date of work:

1985

Reference number:

BIF-CITY 110688

Level of description:

Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)

Type of materials:

Graphic materialsTextual material

Part of:

Series: Central City (BIF-CITY)

Access restrictions:

UnrestrictedOpen access.

Use restrictions:

UnrestrictedPlease contact City of Melbourne Libraries about obtaining permission to reproduce images.

General notes:

Style: Victorian CommercialPeriod: VictoriaConstruction date: 1889Notable features: A row of nine shops built in 1889 by R. C. Brocon according to plans by the City Surveyor's Department. Each unit is two storeys high and covered with an individual pitched slate roof, unusually visible to the street. The ground floor is rendered and each unit consists of a shop and side entrance providing private access to the residences above. The shop at the junction of Queen Street with Victoria Street receives a different treatment with a partially hipped roof supported by unusual timber brackets above the corner cut off angle of the structure. The upper level was originally face brickwork with simple window openings.These simple terraces are made more striking by the emphasis given to the change in level of each unit and the dominant roofs with large chimneys.A substantially intact group typical for the period and illustrating the wide range of work by the MCC Architects Office. An important part of the streetscape and the whole Victoria Market complex.Sign: Cash for gold jewellery

Names:

City of MelbourneQueen Victoria Market (Melbourne, Vic.)

Topics:

Central Activities District Conservation Study 1985Conservation studiesMid-late Victorian period (1875-1900)Shops1880-1889Pawn shops

Places:

Melbourne (Vic.)

Form/Genre:

Building Identification Forms (BIFs)

Record types:

Research and reports

Record number:

1266172