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Brittania Cycle Co., 385 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne

Butler, Graeme1985
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Title:
Brittania Cycle Co., 385 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne
Date of work:
1985
Reference number:
BIF-CITY 105849
Level of description:
Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2022:__________________________________________________Period: Inter-WarStyle: ModerneDATE: 1940;ASSOCIATIONS: Reid, George F of Albert Park;DESIGNER: Berry, H D;BUILDER: Scrimgeour, James..GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM.VICTORIAN HERITAGE INVENTORY H7822-14621839 - building on Lot 4 either this site or No.387. 1880 - one storey building. 1888 and 1905 - one storey building.CITY OF MELBOURNE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONShttps://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/60672/images/44777_349576-006391940 April 21157 ₤1745 Erection of building1960s alts etc..LOVELL CHEN 2017. GUILDFORD & HARDWARE LANEWAYS PRECINCT383-385 Little Bourke Street D Non-contributory Two-storey brick c.1940 shop and warehousePanel7.2 383-385 Little Bourke StreetA submission was lodged by Tract in relation to this property, supporting the non-contributory grading (Figure 10).As noted above, Lovell Chen had previously been requested to consider if this property was contributory, but after reviewing and re-assessing its heritage value, confirmed it was not considered to be a contributory building due to not being on par with other contributory buildings in the Guildford and Hardware Laneways Precinct of this general period. This assessment is included in the Lovell Chen final memorandum response provided to Council on 28 March 2018 (at Attachment 1)..NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Wed 28 May 1941 Page 8 Advertisingsale 385 LITTLE BOURKE ST (Between Elizabeth and385 LITTLE BOURKE ST Hardware Sts )MODERN 2 STORY BUILDINGOccupied by Britannia Cycle Co and OthersThe Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) Sat 18 May 1940 Page 32 AdvertisingFOUNDATIONS. — Price wanted for Digging Out Trenches and Pouring in Concrete.At 385 LITTLE BOURKE-ST.The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954)Tuesday 5 August 1941 - Page 7CITY PROPERTY SOLDC. T. Anton and Co., in conjunction with T. M. Burke Pty. Ltd., sold the property known as 385 LittleBourke-street during the week for £4650. It is close to Elizabeth-street and the G.P.O., and consists of atwo-story brick and concrete building on land 21 by 66. Yearly rental is £448 10/..DIRECTORIES OF VICTORIA, MELBOURNE-SANDS AND KENNY, SANDS & MCDOUGALL1942385 Britannia Cycle Co, cycles385 Best, H., machine sole sewer385 Allison, J., boot upper manufacturer385 Gilchrist, L., shoe repairer
Record types:
Research and reports
Record number:
1252799
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